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OHIEHTAL MOTOR .

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A M^PNTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO MOTOR INTERESTS IN THE ORIENT

Vol. I

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Shanghai, January, 1920.

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THE ORIENTAL MOTOE.

The causes of engine knocks

and how to prevent them

THE expert motor car mechanic can sit at the wheel and tell you
what all the sounds in the engine mean. He knows the good
sounds from the bad ; the low steady hum that denotes the
even flow of power, from the knocks in the crankcase and the
" slaps " of the piston that are sure indications of trouble.

Learn to know the meaning of the strange noises of your engine.
It will pay you by lowering your cost of upkeep and reducing your
consumption of fuel and oil.

Damage caused by inferior oil

A fundamental fact of engine mechanics is that all noise and
knocks in the engine mean loss of 'power and rapid wear, which is
almost invariably caused by the use of inferior oil.

Inferior oil causes a great increase in friction and wear, allows
an excess of oil to be carried into the firing chamber to form carbon,
and permits the escape of power past the flying pistons.

Ordinary oil breaks down when it is subjected to the intense
heat of the engine. Temperatures of from 200° F. to 1000° F. in
operation reduce a great part of its bulk to sediment which has no
lubricating value. Sediment crowds out the lubricating oil from the
fast moving parts and breaks the oil film which must always prevent
metal to metal contact.

The final result of the use of ordina.ry oil is a noisy knocking
motor which could have been prevented by the use of an oil that
resists heat.

Solving the sediment problem

After years of research by Veedol engineers and chemists a new
method of refining lubricating oil was discovered — the famous
Faulkner Process, used exclusively by this company. By this
process is produced the scientific lubricant — Veedol. Veedol pos-
sesses characteristics different from those of ordinary oil, which
enable it to resist heat.

Make this simple test

Drain oil from crankcase and fill with kerosene.
Run engine very slowly on its own power for thirty
seconds. Drain all kerosene. To remove kerosene
remaining in the engine refill with one quart of
Veedol. Turn the engine over about ten times,
then drain mixture of kerosene and refill to proper
level with correct grade of Veedol.,

A test run on familiar streets will show that your
car has new pickup and power. Watch for several
clays and you will find that oil and gasoline con-
sumption has been decreased.

VEEDOL Oils:— Zero Light Medium, Heavy and Extra Heavy, Taels 1.72 per gal. can.
VEEDOL Transmission Gear Oil, Taels 1.21 per gal. can. M

VEEDOL Greases:— Light, Medium and Heavy Cup — Light, Medium and Heavy Graphite-
Gear Compound, Taels .35 per lb. can.

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Vol. I. JANUARY, 1920. No. 10.

A Monthly Magazine devoted to Motor Interests in China and the Far East generally.

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CONTENTS.

Shanghai to be Commercial Air Port
Simplicity of Design Marks British Cars

An Electric with Speed

Planes are Safer than Autos

Editorial -.- ...

Truck Performance can be Gauged by Ton Miles

Notes from Here and There

Motor Car Insurance a Needed Protection
The Little Things about Your Car

U. S. Makers Estimate Output for 1920

With Engine You'd have A Motors Factory

American Car Specifications

Latest British Car Prices .... ....

Fast Growth of Motor Company Brings Fine ....

Motors Defeat Bolshevism ....

Anti-Freezing Solutions

This Ford from Canada

Pros and Cons of Left-hand Steering

Wet Weather Motoring

Commercial Air Routes in China ....

Mass Production Causes British Merger....

Shanghai's Pioneer Truck Transportation....

Auto Industry in Belgium ....

An American Solution of the Traffic Problem ....

Australian Airman hops from England Home ....

Millions Wasted in Tires ....

A Speed Event for France ....

Motor Cyclists First to Cross South America

Airplanes Still in Demand ....

General Motors Corp., Erecting $37,000,000 Home.

Motors in Bombay

Index to Advertisers

Buyers Reference Guide

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A Monthly Magazine devoted to Motor Interests in China and the Far East Generally.

Vol. I.

SHANGHAI, JANUARY, 1920.

No. 10.

SHANGHAI TO BE COMMERCIAL AIR PORT.

City Placed as One of the Principal Points on Proposed Aerial Derby Around the World.

"This is Shanghai. San Francisco 6,692 miles, Koine
■ 8,066, London 9,159."

May be the intermittent message by means of wireless,
imitating such signals as axe now used for ocean transporta-
tion, to aerial travelers passing over the city of Shanghai

by day and

night in the future.

Searchlights directed

skyward will indicate the limits of the modern landing field
built neax the Yangtsze in order that both land and sea-
planes may be accommodated.

Fanciful. as this may seem the trend of present events
would seem to indicate that the coming of the commercial
aviation routes of China and of the world will not be long
in coming to Shanghai.

For a number of years Shanghai has been steadily
.assuming the proportions of the New York of the Far East
in ocean passenger and freight traffic. -With the marking
of the route from Home to Tokyo by the Italian Govern-
.ment expedition, Shanghai first assumed importance as a
world airport and following this selection comes the an-
nouncement that one of the principal ports in the air derby
.around the world now being organized by the commission
.representing the Aero Club and the Aerial League of
America, will be this city.

This commission which is headed by Commodore Louis
D. Beaumont, a member of the board of Governors of
the Aero Club of America and one of the foremost figures
in the promotion of aircraft production and development in
the United States, has just embarked from Shanghai for
Manila, after making arrangements for the local
stage of the proposed flight in this city, to con-
tinue the work of mapping out and stationing a
-course around the world. The other members of the
^commission are : Major Charles J. Glidden, executive
secretary, well-known for the famous Glidden tours and the

Glidden Automobile Trophy, and Benjamin Hillman, a
retired American business man, treasurer.

Before

leaving

Shanghai the commission

that at least ten aviators from China,, coming

announced
from the

Commodore Louis T>. Beaumont, President, Bound the World
Air Derby Commission.

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Januaby, 1920.

governmental air service and having the backing of the
Bepublic of China, would participate in the coming event
and that possibly Shanghai would have at least one airman
as its representative.

Coming close on the flight across the Atlantic by the
American and British airmen, the flight from England to
Australia, and the start of the Eome to Tokyo flight of the
Italian airmen, the work of the commission in the city of
Shanghai created much comment, enthusiasm and interest.
This enthusiasm reached such a point as to warrant the
establishment of an Aero Club of Shanghai, one of whose
purposes is to prepare for the reception of airmen who enter,
the flight around the world and prepare safe landing accom-
modations for them. The Aero Club of Shanghai after the
start of the organising committee by the Shanghai Eotary
Club took definite form at a meeting held during the second
week in January at the Cafe Carlton, where fifty or more
signified their willingness to constitute the charter
membership of the body. A temporary organization was
formed with Y. C. Tong as temporary president, Major
William E. McBain, as vice-president and L. M. Bocker
as secretary and treasurer. A membership committee was
appointed and active steps are being taken to make the per-
manent organization a body of more than 200 cbarter
members.

Major McBain is the first man in Shanghai to own a
private pleasure aircraft and has seventeen Boche planes
to his credit during his service with the British Eoyal
Flying Corps. L. M. Bocker is also a former aviator,
having been with the air forces of the United States army
and was at one time officer in charge of the flying office at
Ellington Field.

Two years ago a flight across the Atlantic would
have been pronounced an impossibility by even air-
men experienced in the game. Two years ago the trans-
continental race across the United States, the flight from
England to Australia, the flight from France to Africa
and the flight from Eome to Tokyo would have been
hailed as originating from the mind of a twentieth
century Jules Verne. But recent developments and recent
flights have entirely reversed the opinion of even the most
conservative laymen and the world circling tour which is
soon to be staged appeals to the public not as an imaginary
possibility but as a step forward in the development of air
routes and air craft.

From New York to Shanghai, according to the tentative
routes mapped out by the commission, the aviators will
have their choice of three different courses ; one from
Seattle by way of the Aleutian Islands, one from San Fran-
cisco via Honolulu and one from San Francisco to Yokohama
direct.

The route entailing" the most land travel and for that
reason the safest of the three proposed air courses is the one
which starts from Seattle goes northward by way of Alaska
across Bering Strait to Eussia down the coast of Eussia to

Japan and from Japan to Shanghai by way of Saishuto
Island and 359 miles over sea. The route and the mileage
from New York follows :

Miles Miles
New York to Seattle

Wash 2929 2929

Seattle to

Sitaka, Alaska 700 3629 Landing stations about

Yakutat 213 3842

Cordova 195 1037

Seward 140 4177

Kodiak ...'. 161 4338

Tagidak 110 4448

Chirikof 55 4503

Simeonof 143 4646

Sanak-Eaton 126 4772

Unimak 60 4832

Unalaska 150 4937

Umnak 60 4997

Yunaska 96 5093

Atka 142 5235

Amcliitka 230 5465

Kiska 60 5525

Semichi 130 5655

As the above is in
nautical miles in-
crease distance 2726
Seattle to Seminchi

371 miles to 3097

Statute miles 371 6026

Semichi to

Attou Eussia 56 6026

Nikloski-Behring 240 6322

Kamchatka Eiver 125 6447

Petropavlovsk ......... 215 6662

Nautical miles 636
increase to Statute

miles 87 to 723 ... 87 6749 J
Petropavlovsk to

Paramushiri, Japan ... 170 6919

Simushiri 190 7109

Yetorirp 290 7399

Kushiro 186 7585

Hakodate ; 174 7759

Sendal City 214 7973

Yokohama 182 8155

Nautical miles 1406

increase to Statute

miles 192 to 1598 ... 192 8347

New York to Yokohama 8347 8347
Yokohama to

Shidouka 85 8432

Nagoya 110 8542

Kioto 100 8642

Osaka 50 8692

Okayama 130 8822

every 150 miles

In Eussia

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Rome to

Mile

Nice

. 354

Marseilles, France .

. 114

Paris.

.. 414

London, England .

. 211

Cork, Ireland .

. 353

Dirmmary Head ....

. 82

St. Johns, N. F. ...

...1875

Halifax, N. S

. 550

New York

. 575

Miles Miles

Moji 190 9012

Saishuto Island (Japan

Sea) 244 9257

Shanghai, China (Yel-
low Sea) 357 9612

Total Sea Japan to China 601 Miles

An alternative route by way of Korea and Manchuria
is offered which largely follows the route of the Rome-Tokyo
flights as does the favored route south from Shanghai and
up to the arrival of the travelers at Rome. The continued
route from Rome to New York follows :

Miles
18033
18147
18561
16772
19152
19207
21082
21632
22207

The route from New York eastward follows over the
same course, all of which at the present time, is by neces-
sity a tentative arrangement subject to the final delibera-
tions of the commission on their arrival in New York after
the completion of their circle of the globe.

The part China is to play in the air derby, which is for
the encouragement of aviation and to illustrate the possi-
bilities of flying and tran-continental and transoceanic air
commerce, from the reception given the commission would
seem to be large. While in Peking, Dr. John C. Ferguson ,
adviser to the President of China, was appointed special
commissioner for China to work in conjunction with E. W.
Frazar of Tokyo, who has been appointed commissioner for
Japan and Korea.

General W. S. Y. Ting, Director of Aviation for the
Republic of China, conferred with the commission and as-
sured them of the support of the air forces of the nation
and also intimated that China would attempt to put at least
ten entries into the circuit race from Shanghai to Shanghai.
Other governmental officials endorsed the work of the com-
mission.

All information regarding the particulars of the derby
in China and elsewhere will be placed in the hands of Dr.
Ferguson, who may be addressed ait Peking. The general
plan of the derby follows :

"The First Aerial Derby Around The World will be in
the nature of a touring contest in which any person may
participate.

"They may use both aeroplanes and dirigibles for air
travel and are permitted to use ships, railways, automo-
biles and other means of transportation to make connections
between countries but the greatest and fastest average air
mileage wins the master prizes.

Major Charles J. Gliddeii, ExecutiveSecretary, and founder of the
Glidden Tours and donor of the Gliddcn Trophy.

"A long period of time will be allotted for the journey
and certain zones of travel will be fixed. The contestant
may consume the entire time allotted to make the trip and
fly or engage passage for flight under conditions agreeable
to aerial travel, that is, he may fly from one point to another
on one day, continuing at his pleasure on to the next point,
his time being officially taken by the Referees at point of
starting" and stopping.

"The contestant will be under absolute control and direc-
tion of the Referees appointed, who must be native citizens
of the country in which the contestant is travelling.

"It will not be necessary for the contestant to own an
aeroplane, flying boat or dirigible, as he is privileged to
engage passage in any aircraft available, and it is hoped the
commission may be able to arrange aerial transportation
across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans whereby several of
the contestants may go together.

"The object of the Commission is to create a world wide
interest in aeronautics and air travel, the building of safe
landing fields and airports, the establishing of controls and
appointment of Referees to check contestants in and out,
and to collect data for the establishing of permanent aerial
lines throughout the world."

THE OEIENTAL MOTOK.

January, 1920.

SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN MARKS
BRITISH CARS.

Benjamin H-ilhnan, Treasurer of the Commission, « retired New
YorTi Business Man.

In addition to their work as the pioneers in laying out
a world course in the air, the members of the commission
are widely known in their own country, the United States,
for their other achievements and interests. Commodore
Louis D. Beaumont is best known among the Allied air
forces for the Allied Aviators Club, which he established and
maintained on the Champs Elysees in Paris, and the club
at Colombes les Belles on the American front. He also
subscribed the full sum for a monument to Wilbur Wright
at Le Mans, France. The entire expense of the commis-
sion in its work is being paid personally by Commodore
Beaumont.

Major Charles J. Glidden is well known to motorists
through the Glidden tours and the Glidden trophy which
was competed for by the best racers in the motordom of
America, for a number of years. He has also motored twice
around the world visiting thirty-nine countries, and was a
pioneer in the development of the telephone and telegraph
systems of the United States. During the war, he was at
the head of one of the examining boards of the air forces
of the United States Army and passed on the mental quali-
fications of 6,000 fliers.

Recent Olympia Show Characterized by
" Allweather " Bodies and Elimination of Excess Parts.

Extremely simple lines of body construction and the
simplifying of the machanioal details characterized the
recent Olympia show held in London. Many mechanical
improvements, a reflection of the wartime experiences of
the motor manufacturers and the new lines of American
construction, were evident. The following is a brief account
of the more salient points of the show as recorded by a
London correspondent :

When one embarks upon a tour of Olympia in an
endeavour to observe the main tendencies of design, the first
thing .that strikes one is the general simplicity of appearance
both of the car and of the bare chassis. In superficial
appearance the lines of the complete car are extremely
simple, and there are comparatively fewr examples which
depart far from the conventional. Thus, in some instances,
manufacturers who have hitherto fitted radiators of unusual
shape or in unusual positions tend to change in the direction
of the normal. The lines of the complete car flow in regular
curves from front to rear. In most cases the resulting
appearance is very good, and from the practical standpoint
the motorist is relieved of the duty of cleaning out inacces-
sible corners or the details of unnecessary decoration. The
appearance of many open cars is improved by concealing
the hood and the comfort by the lowering of the seats, which
allows the sides to afford fuller protection to the passengers.
Many motorists who want cars both for town and for country
work and have hitherto maintained separate vehicles for
each purpose are not, in view of increased prices, disposed
to assign both duties to the same car. This is one of the
factors which cause particular attention to be devoted to
what is often called the "all-weather" body, which allows
of prompt conversion from the completely open to the com-
pletely closed car and vice versa.

The finish and general appearance of many of the car
bodies at Olympia are remarkably fine, arid certainly were
not excelled at the recent Paris Exhibition.

Turning to the bare chassis, the simplicity of appear-
ance already remarked is due to the elimation of unnecessary
details, to the enclosing of working parts for their better
protection, to an effort to reduce the number of points at
which lubrication or other attention is required, and ho the
use of improved materials which permit many parts to be
reduced in thickness without suffering in strength. The
only item in which there is an appearance, but not neces-
sarily a reality, of increased solidity, is the wheel. The use
of disc wheels is obviously becoming more general, and this
refers to the genuine disc wheel as distinct from the disc
used merely as a dust cover. On the most expensive cars
wire wheels are generally provided. On the great majority

January, 1920.

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of cars at all prices either the wheels are detachable or the
rims demountable.

With a few exceptions in which some unusual con-
struction is employed, the main change in respect of frames
is that they are appreciably lighter than they used to be
without being any less stiff. The suspension system has
received a great deal of attention and the result of scientific
investigation, appears to be the very widespread adoption of
the cantilever spring, even on cars of very moderate power
and price. In transmission one notes a tendency to employ
spiral bevel drive to the back axle, though this is nearly
always found on the more expensive oars, since the highest
accuracy and the best possible material are essential to
success. Working forward to the gear box we find that
the provision of four forward speeds is becoming more and
more usual, and that the use of ball bearings to the gear
shafts is on the increase. In a good many instances the
mechanism of the gear-control is simplified by placing the
change speed lever in a central position — that is to say, to
the left of the driver. The main claims for this practice are
the simplification of mechanism already mentioned and the
fact that the method makes for easy access to both Of the
front seats. Some drivers, however, dislike using the left
hand for gear and brake control and the arrangement is,
of course, very awkward if the front seat has to make room
on occasion for three occupants. There is no very note-
worthy change in the general design of steering gear or of
front axles, and we may therefore now turn to the heart of
the car — the engine.

Undoubtedly the first thing one notices as
a result of examining
of post-war models
able influence of the aero engine upon car engine design.
This is to be found in a number of forms. There is, for
instance, the tendency to employ aluminium cylinders with
steel liners. Detachable cylinder heads are fitted in many
cases. The detachable head for the whole engine is often
formed in one piece and carries the overhead, valves and
their operating shaft. In other instances the overhead
valves are worked through overhead gear and a camshaft in
the usual position at the side of the engine. The overhead
valve owes its very marked increase in popularity largely
to the employment of tungsten steel, the use of which
makes the valves practically unbreakable, so that we have

a large number of engines
is the very consider-

got rid of the old danger of valve heads dropping into the
engine. The efficiency that can be obtained with overhead
valves is, of course, extremely high, and is one of the reasons
why the post-war engine gives better power for a given
weight.

There are one or two examples of V-type 8-cylinder
engines and other examples again of 3 and 5-cylinder
engines in which the cylinder arrangement is that of the
radial aero engine. There are several examples in which
air-cooling is used in engines of moderate power, capable of
rotating at very high speed. Here again we see the in-
fluence not only of aero engine development but of improved
materials, making it possible for engines to work consistently
at comparatively high temperatures.

The use of the vacuum feed for supplying fuel to the
engine is now practically universal, except in a few very
highly priced cars, in which pressure feed is carried out
with the utmost refinement calculated to give the best pos-
sible results. A good deal of attention has been directed to
lubrication. Pressure feed of oil is, of course, usual and
effective. Generally speaking, designers aim at relieving
the owner-driver of the responsibility of frequent attention
to a number of points at which lubrication may be needed.
The cooling system of the average car calls for no special
comment here. In a few cases very large water jackets
are provided. Radiators are generally adequate to secure
satisfactory results in very hot climates. Tharmo-static
control of water circulation does not appear to be gaining
ground, being, perhaps, better in theory than in practice.

In electrical equipment, one finds among British cars
only a very slight tendency as yet to abandon the magneto
in favoii-" of batvry and coil ignition. Unquestionably we
cannot better the magneto but there is, of oou;cf\ a pos-
sibility of reducing cost by eliminating it. It is not safe to
depend upon the battery and coil system unless a really satis-
factory lighting equipment, with a good dynamo and an
ample battery, is provided. Nowadays the battery almost
always has to take charge of the additional duty of operating
an electric starting motor. In the new designs both lighting
dynamo and starting motor are properly worked in as com-
ponent parts of the complete chassis, instead of being
hitched on wherever space could be found and regarded as
extras. Their inclusion in the standard product is, of course,
one of the causes of increased price.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE

January. 1920.

AN ELECTRIC WITH SPEED.

American Inventor Builds Car With Own Re-Charging Plant.

An "Electric" that will make over 25 miles an hour and
will run to an indefinite distance, because it carries its own
re-charging plant, has been devised by an American inven-
tor and is described in "The Scientific American" (New
York, October 25) in an article entitled "A Fresh Deal for
the Electric Car." Among other tilings, a saving of 50
per cent, in fuel mileage is claimed for this car. At the
outset, the writer of the article gives in brief space a sum-
mary, which he says represents the average man's idea
of the present electric car. It is, he says, "an ornate chariot
travelling at the leisurely pace of 15 miles per hoar ; a
storage battery that runs the car for only 35 miles, after
which it is necessary to recharge it ; low mileage at high
cost; a heap of trouble in the form of batteries that must
be watched and nursed lest they get discharged below the
safe point or run out of water ; a car that is chained to one's
immediate locality because of the re-charging problem."
It is difficult, he says, to argue to the contrary ; for the
average man knows the electric car of bygone days only, and
insists on comparing this with the gasoline car of 1919. He
goes on :

' ' So the average man is asked to consider these points :
A car that makes 25 miles an hour and even more ; a car
that can go anywhere, because it carries its own re-charging
plant ; a car that generates current whenever it coasts
downhill, a car that carries improved storage batteries,
requiring the minimum of care ; a car wherein the motor
and transmission members, forming one unit, can be taken
off in one block for inspetion, repair, or even replacement.
These features are all to be found in the latest electric car —
one which seems likely to give the electric car a new deal
in the automobile game.

"The car in question has been developed over a period
of many years by Harry E. Dey, of Jersey City, and has the
hearty endorsement of Dr. Charles P. Steimetz, the well-
known electrical engineer. The most revolutionary feature
of Mr. Dey's car is the motor, in which both armature and
field magnet are rotatable, one element being connected
to one driving wheel by way of- a pair of reduction gears,
while the other element connects with the other wheel in
similar manner. It is in this way that the designer
dispenses with differential gears ; the motor with its in-
dependent rotation of parts makes a perfect substitute. In
addition to saving the expense and weight of a differential
gear, this construction cuts the number of parts and increases
the capacity of the motor 100 per cent, for a given gear
reduction. This reduces the weight 50 per cent, for a given
power, and also increases the electric efficiency. The size
of the motor is still further reduced by turning it inside
out, as it were ; that is to say the armature, in the form of
a Gramme ring, encloses the field magnet, permitting the
latter to have six poles all energized from one field coil.
This field is of a design ideal for efficiency and light weight,
its weight, including shaft, totalling but 19J pounds. Its
iron portion is well adapted to drop forging and easy,
machining. The total weight of the motor, which has a
capacity equal to the ordinary automobile motors of 150 or
more pounds, is only 50 pounds. . . .

"Caps covering the gears hold the power-plant in
place, while an aluminum cap covers the motor. These
caps are held in place by a pair of taper rings that can be
removed in less time than would normally be consumed in
removing a single bolt. In this fashion the entire outfit
can be dismantled in about two minutes. This car may well

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be called the "nutless" car, a,s remarkably few of these are
used in its construction. As the current is taken to the
motor through springs there is no necessity for disconnect-
ing any wires when removing it. In case of an accident to
the parts, another motor or gearing can be got at the service
station, and exchange effected in a few minutes."

The first car built by Mr. Dey had hand-operated control,
in connection with a steering wheel. This was found to be
an undesirable combination, in heavy traffic ; for in an
emergency both hands are required on the wheel and it takes
time to shift the hand from wheel to control lever. In
the latest design the operation of the control is similar to
that met on a gas car. He continues :

"For speed variation a foot lever acts in the same way
as a clutch, with the added feature that pressure beyond
that to cut the current off impels the motor to act as a
brake, while extreme use of the foot power applies the
mechanical brake to the driving wheels. In addition there
is an emergency brake. An accelerator pedal raises the
speed to 30 miles by weakening the field. A third pedal
gives forward, reverse and neutral. This is so interlocked
with the speed pedal that it can be moved only when the
latter stands in a high resistance or the off position. . . .

connected to a special dynamo. It will charge the battery
at any time, whether the car is -running or standing, at a
rate equal to the normal consumption of the driving motor,
which experience has shown to be two horse-power. This
plant causes a net saving in the weight of the car of more
than 100 pounds, due to the fact that one half the battery
can be dispensed with, a 50-mile battery radius then being
sufficient. If desired the plant may be removed from the
car to be used as a stationary unit for re-charging, as well
as for charging a separate battery for house-lighting, etc.
It is a simple matter to place the power plant in the car
against a long trip. The smaller battery required will
largely cancel the additional cost of the charging plant.

"According to Mr. Dey there will be a large saving
in gasoline expense as compared with the gasoline car, since
in the electric car as here developed the engine is continu-
ously operated at the maxim-efficiency load. Gasoline cars
are admittedly wasteful, because their average load hardly
exceeds one-tenth of their engine rating. From careful
calculations Mr. Dey estimates a saving of 50 per cent,
in fuel mileage, using his gasoline-electric system."

Showing Rear Axle Construction.

"A radical departure has been made in the spring sus-
pension, as air springs have been substituted for the
elliptical type. These are the same in principle as those
employed for many years on the cushion-frame bicycle.
The construction is similar to that of a. tire pump, with the
addition of a helical spring inside the cylinder. The spring
takes care of the static load, while the air takes up all the
shocks. A small air leak does no injury, for the spring
will bring the load back to its normal position and the air
will return, in the same way it went out. Above the piston
there remains a space in the cylinder where air is com-
pressed on the rebound. . . .

"Mr. Dey has largely increased the scope of his car by
designing a portable charging plant, weighing approximately
100 pounds, to be carried under the bonnet of the car. It
consists of a light 3-horse-power air-cooled gasoline engine

REASONABLE AND PROPER.

It is reasonable and proper that a thoroughly creditable
substitute for gasoline should be placed on the market at
a higher price than gasoline, and that there should be
advanced on behalf of it certain claims for properties that
the ordinary gasoline of commerce does not possess. A
substitute introduced under other circumstances, at least
with general conditions as they are, could hardly be con-
sidered a creditable substitute. For all practical proposes
the gasoline producer may be judged by the measure — more
familiar to the automobile man — of the tire manufacturer.
Substitutes for air in pneumatic tires have not been put on
the market by the leading tire makers because, in the
ripeness of their judgment, the air-filled tire is the best and
most economical all round. The petroleum refiners, on the
other hand, instead of conspiring to keep up the price and
keep down the quality of gasoline, are actually spurred by
the keenest rivalry to improve the product and lower its
cost, since by that means only can their business be in-
creased. The so-called "airplane gas," sold by some of the
refiners, is an instance of competition introduced on the
basis of the appeal of better performance. The new
"alcogas," first discussed some six months ago,
illustrates the well-known commercial possibility of produc-
ing a better automobile fuel than gasoline at a higher price.
The apparent advantage of the new fuel is that it offers the
possibility of running about thirty per cent, farther on a
gallon at an increased cost of about twenty -five per cent.
Another advantage of the latest substitute is that it
doesn't smell of moth balls. — Automobile Topics.

THE OKIENTAL MOTOE.

January, 1920.

PLANES SAFER THAN AUTOS, $AYS MARTIN.

Comparing Recent Aerial Derbies with Indianapolis Speedway Contest, Builder of Bomber Contends

That Flying Is Not Dangerous.

By Glenn L. Martin.

(Mr. Martin is a pioneer American flier and builder of
airplanes who as long ago as 1912 made the statement that
an airplane was safer than an auto-mobile, providing the
automobile was driven faster than thirty miles an hour. He
is the builder of the 800-horsepower Martin Bomber, in
which Colonel E. S. Hartz flew around the rim of the United
States) .

The recent New York-Toronto and New York- San
Francisco aerial races have developed the fact, startling to
most people, that as far as speed contests are concerned the
airplane is not only faster than the automobile, but from the
standpoints of safety and reliability has it all over the motor-
car. The deaths and injuries per mile are not only smaller,
but the percentage of contestants finishing is greater in
aerial racing and this despite the unquestionable fact that the
conditions under which the two kinds of speed contests are
conducted vastly favor the automobile.

Let us compare the conditions under which the air and
speedway races were held. In the first place, take the
matter of distance. The New York-Toronto event covered
1042 miles and the New York-San Francisco contest 2701
miles, whereas the longest automobile contest of the year
was the 500-mile race on the Indianapolis Speedway. The
advantages in favour of the automobile and its driver are
obvious, as the strain on men and machines is manifestly
greater than the distance traveled.

In the second place, consider the physical condition of
the course. The automobile speed kings on a bright, clear
day, after weeks of practice which had made them familiar
with its every well-paved inch, circled a banked course
which, at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, has been
prepared' for them. In their pits were high-priced racing
mechanics with expensive tool kits and a vast heap of spare
parts. In other words, at Indianapolis conditions were as
nearly ideal as ten years of racing experience could make
them in order to insure perfect perfomance from men and
machines.

Think over these conditions, which in every respect
favored the automobiles and their drivers, and then look
at the following facts. In figuring the machine-miles per
death I have figured the full distance, of course, for the
machines which finished and half the distance as a general
average traveled by the machines which failed to complete
the course.

INDIANAPOLIS AUTOMOBILE RACE.

Distance — 500 miles.

Highest speed — 110 miles per hour.

Winning average — 88 miles per hour.
Machines started — 33.

Machines finished — 15 (45 per cent) .

Deaths — 3 (4,000 machine-miles per death).

NEW YORK-TORONTO AERIAL RACE.

Distance — 1042 miles.

Highest speed — 135 miles per hour.

Winning average — 128 miles per hour.

Machines started — 52.

Machines finished— 30 (59 per cent).

Deaths— 0 (42,722 machine-miles and no deaths).

NEW YORK-SAN FRANCISCO AERIAL RACE.

Distance — 2,710 miles.

Highest speed — 135 miles per hour.

Winning average— 120 miles per hdur.

Machines started — 62.

Machines finished — 31 (50 per cent).

Deaths— 7 (17,940 machine-miles per death).

And now for a comparison, remebering all the time
that the aerial races each had nearly twice as many con
testants as the automobile event and that they were respec
tively twice and five times as long. In other words, in the
transcontinental air race, all other conditions forgotten for
the moment, the number of entries and the distance traveled
gave ten times the opportunity for accidents and failures that
the Indianapolis race gave. The speed figures show that
the flyers traveled faster than the motorists, so that the
strain on airplane and engine was quite as great as that on
racing car and engine. Yet the greater percentage of flyers
able to complete the course despite bad weather, bad fields
and inexpert pit service shows that wonderful strides have
been made in the construction of airplanes and airplane
motors and speaks volumes for the ability of the pilots to
nurse their engines along.

The deaths, while by no means a pleasant topic, furnish
by all odds the most interesting and illuminating comparison
of all. Out of thirty-three starters at Indianapolis, three
were killed during the 500 miles. In the transcontinental
air race, with nearly twice as many started over a course
five and one-half times as long, seven lives were lost. In
other words, the figures indicate that had an equal number
of automobiles and airplanes been racing over a distance of
2,700 miles and the deaths continued in the same ratio as at
Indianapolis, thirty out of the sixty-two automobile drivers
would have been killed, whereas only seven aviators lost their
lives. Such figures, are, of course, only theoretical, but the
fact remains that any way you want to figure it the deaths

;

January, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

BY WAY OF DIVERSION.

A portion of a recent Shanghai Paper Chase showing the place of the Motor Car in the Sport.

per mile in automobile racing outnumbered the deaths per
mile in air racing, despite conditions which greatly favored
the motorists.

However, in my opinion, it is hardly right to compare
:air and automobile races, in view of the fact that the general
conditions and purposes are not identical. The United States
Air Service had a number of purposes in mind in staging the
New York-San Francisco aerial race. These purposes, I
think, can be divided under two main heads — experimental
and educational. The race has served to lay out the first
'transcontinental air route in any way resembling the aerial
high-ways of the future. The experiment of laying out a
-course with stops at intervals of not more than 180 miles and
then having the pilots find these spots by means of maps,
compasses and general senseof direction was successful, and
what the possibilities of transcontinental aerial travel will
be when these fields are properly levelled off, connected up
by emergency fields between them and then flown over by
pilots familiar with their every feature, just as locomotive
engineers know every bend in the rails, can be imagined.

LANDING PLACES NEEDED.

The educational purpose of the event was, first — to stir

.up a general interest in aviation ; second— to show what has

been accomplished and what strides in the art of flying have

been made; third — to awaken the American people to the

^possibilities of aviation commercially and the necessity of

taking the proper steps to insure the continued advancement
of aviation. These three purposes have^ undoubtedly been
well served by the race. There is no question but that
•more people are thinking and talking aviation now than ever
before. It is equally true that the crossing of the continent
by half of those who started and the remarkable individual
performance of Lieutenant Mayniard were splendid proof of
the strides that have been made in perfecting the art of build-
ing and operating aircraft.

The greatest danger to aviators right now, and the
chief hindrances to the progress of commercial aviation, is
the lack of proper landing facilities.

HILO HAS AUTOMOBILE CLUB.

The first number of "three Speeds Forward" the
official publication of the Hawii Automobile Club, Hilo,
has been received by "The Oriental Motor." The publica-
tion is in newspaper form and gives the principal activities
of the Club, which includes road mapping, road signs, good
roads campaigns and traffic ordnances. The Club has been
affiliated with the American Automobile Association.

The latest prices and specifications of the principal
American and British motor cars are always at hand iu the
Motor Car Places and S pecifications Department of "The
Oriental Motor"

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

January, 1920.

The Oriental Motor

A Monthly Publication Devoted to Motor Interests in China

and the Far East Generally.
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Registered at the Chinese Post Office as a Newspaper.

Vol. I. Shanghai, January. 1920.

No. 10.

EDITORIAL.

(THE ORIENTAL MOTOR wishes it to be understood that,
it is nbt in any way connected with any motor company of similar
or any other name and that it is absolutely independent of any
commercial company or organization whatsoever and also that it
is not in any ivaxj affiliated or connected with any printing
establishment).

C0MMEECE AND MOTOE TEUCKS.

Interwoven in the great commercial fabric of the nations,
the huge ever growing thread of motor trucks is pushing for-
ward as a dominant note in the design. Added impetus to
the development of motor truck transportation has been
given by the Hurculean performance of the motor freighters
during the war — by the steadiness and dependability of the
long trains which rumbled their ways over the roads of
France so that the Allied armies might .not lack in supplies
for their advances.

Eecognition is now being given to the motor truck as a
builder of business and commerce by means of increased
efficiency in transportation. This recognition is becoming
world wide and Shanghai and China in general are just be-
ginning to feel its results.

Within the past few months Shanghai has acquired com-
mercial motor truck transportation systems and innumerable
private firms have adopted the motor driven freighter as a
means of solving their carry age problems.

There still remain, however, the doubters who cannot be

brought to see the possibilities of future development and the-
reasons for the utilization, of the motor truck. These persons
give no attention to the decrease in loss and breakage, the-
increase in tonnage and the vast possibilities of rapid
delivery.

Motor trucks follow commerce and just as surely and
certainly as commerce is developed, national or international,,
in any section of the world there will also be found motor
trucks. International rivalry in China is bringing commerce
on a higher plane of closer competition and this same factor-
will bring out the necessity for utilizing every means of effi-
ciency known to the world of business — will make the motor-
truck population of China greater and more extensive.

With the coming of good roads in China, the motor-
truck caravan will be the principal means of transportation,
and the business interest which does not recognize this will
be relegated to the scrapheap by the advancement. - Before-
the coming of good roads, business concerns in Shanghai,
will be forced into recognition of the services of the motor-
truck by the necessity of more modern business methods.

The commercial struggle is on and those coming out
uppermost will bring with them motor trucks. Investigate-
their possibilities, ask others what has been accomplished,
with them and add motor trucks to your assets.

CHINA'S CEYING NEED— BOADS.

With the return of the nations of the world to a peace-
time basis, intensive road building is occupying the minds-
of the various governments. From Great Britain comes the-
information that every possible impetus, including the appro-
priation of large sums of money, is being given to the con-
struction and repair of the highways.

Again from the United States reports tell of small coun-
ties which are pledging themselves to bond issues running into-
the millions to make permanent their sections of the national
highways, the allotment of motor trucks used during the war
by the United States Army to road districts for use in
building and the authorization of Congress for large sums to
be used in cooperation with the states in making the roads^
of America second to none.

In this motor driven age when almost one out of every
ten persons in the Western world is either a motor owner or
the member of a family owning one, national highways are a.
necessity. National' highways are building more closely
cemented nations, increasing commerce and broadening the-
scope of vision of the nationals.

Yet at this time of greatest development in the making;
of roads, China lays dormant. If any nation in the world,
needs roads, gpod roads and national highways, it is China.
Means of communication in the country are inadequate and.
medieval, transcontinental travel is only possible by water at
the rim of the country while the great heart of the nation is
still inaccessible to any mode of transportation except the-
most primitive.

Where would the United States have been to-day had not
national transportation means been utilized to the greatest

January, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOE.

extent? Where would Europe have been? Each stand among
the forefront of the nations of the world because of national
highways.

There are constant discussions of how China may be
helped to help herself. Yet with no advocate of progress
in China has offered a feasible and workable plan for the
building of a national highways sj-stern, which is one of the
country's most crying needs.

China can never become a nation until her roads are
developed. China needs travel and travellers and no more
practical means of getting them can be found than good
roads. With them the peneti-ation of the interior both for
commerce and pleasure would mean a few hours or a few
days by motor. The people of the interior would be brought
into touch daily with motors and motorists from all sections
of the nation. They would begin to realize that there are
other parts of the country other than their own province
and city and the great welding influence which would make
China a nation united would begin.

Loans are being made to China for various purposes
but none stipulate the building of roads. Mention is made
of pensioning the office holders under the Manchu regime.
How does this compare with the issue of highway con-
struction?

If China has Western Mends who are interested in her
development, and undoubtedly she has, the time will not
be long in coming when a loan will or should be contracted
which will build without "squeeze" and graft a great system
of national highways, which in turn will attract tourists
and commerce enriching the donors and benefitting the
nation politically and financially.

With the present traffic problems of Shanghai it would
seem that more modern and efficient systems of the improve-
ment of roads and bridges would be adopted and floor
replacements and what not done with more speed and less
procrastination.

EOAD AND BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS.

Shanghai like every other modern city of the world —
and it seems to be a sign that the city is progressing — has
some of her streets or her bridges under the process of im-
provement during the entire year. But Shanghai unlike
most modern city tears up but takes her time improving
and replacing.

One of the most flagrant examples of this hesitancy
and time wasting in replacing is the present work on the
Chapoo Road bridge which crosses Soochow Creek. This
bridge has been under the process of minor repairs for four
weeks and is just finished.

The bridge was apparently torn up, then the measure-
jnents were taken for the needed flooring and piling timbers,
the timbers were cut, and finally they were laid one by
one and with due deliberation.

The sanie process may be recalled in the improvement
last summer of the bridge over the creek at Szechuen Road ,
where traffic was blocked and detoured for weeks while the
structure was undergoing a replacement of the flooring
and a few piles. In other cities new bridges are built in
less time than it takes to replace the flooring in bridges oi
Shanghai.

UP IN THE AIR.

Shanghai and China are getting up in the air — not
meaning that this trend of events is due to any flustration
but to the development of aviation in the world.

Following close upon the announcements that Shang-
hai would be made one of the more important air ports
for the Rome- Tokyo flight of the Italian Government and
of the air derby around the world now being organized by
the Aerial League and the Aero Club of Amercia, comes the
formation of the Aero Club of China in Shanghai.

The formation of this organization is merely indicative
of the fact that Shanghai is progressing with the rest of
the world. One pleasure aircraft has already made its
advent in the city and five Italian planes have been winging
their way overhead for the past month.

There is room in the city for a large international Aero
Club and now that the preliminary steps have been taken,
it should receive the support of civilians and flyers alike.

No greater advertisement for the city of Shanghai could
be conceived than the entrance from the city of an aviator
in the round the world derby by air and if the newly organiz-
ed Aero Club of China is able to accomplish this in its first
year it will have more than won a permanent place in the
affairs of the city- and of the country.

REVISED CAR PRICES.

Attention is called for the readers of "The Oriental
Motor" to the department of motor car prices and specifica-
tions which is printed elsewhere in this issue.

The prices and specifications have been revised and
added to and are now as up to date as information at the
time of going to press permits. British car prices, which
have been in doubt since the close of the war and the renewal
of manufacture on a peace basis, are published as they come
direct from the manufacturers. A few of the prices of
British makes are subject to revision.

Within the next few months, "The Oriental Motor"
will be able to give also the prices and specifications of the
latest Erench and Italian motors. It is intended that this
department be an announcement of the principal makes,
and their prices and specifications of all of the motor cars
of the world.

OUR SYMPATHIES.
"The Oriental Motor" extends its sympathies to the
publishers of American motor car journals for their diffi-
culties during the recent typographical strike. Although
every make shift has been employed they are publishing
only ' ' semi -occasionally .

THE OKIENTAL MOTOR.

January, 1920.

THE FRENCH FORD.

The Citroen, a Mass production car, which has excited much comment and speculation at recent
English and Continental Motor Shows.. -

TRUCK PERFORMANCE CAN BE GAUGED BY TON-MILEAGE.

Owners Have a Simple Way of Computing Operating Costs and Comparing Method of Hauling.

More and more the business interests of Shanghai are
turning to the motor truck as a solution of their trans-
portation within the city. Truck information and truck
data is of absorbing" interest and there are many phases of
truck transportation which the owner should know.

Ton-Mileage is one of the things a truck owner ought
to know how to compute in order to be able to make proper
estimates of truck performance. When he can figure out
the ton-mileage of each of his trucks he is in a position to
compare the cost of the various makes of trucks in his fleet
or to compare the cost of truck haulage with horse and wagon
delivery.

The method of computing ton-mileage is very simple.
In making the computation it is apparent that two methods
of hauling must be considered, one case being where the
whole load is carried the full distance and the other where
parts of the load are taken off or put on at various points
along the trip.

Just as there are these two kinds of loads, there are
units of measurement. For the load that is carried the full
distance there is the measurement known as the absolute
ton-mile and for the load that is dropped piecemeal in the
truck's journey there is the commercial ton- mile.

The absolute ton-mile is a ton carried one mile. If a
truck carries four tons one mile the ton-mileage is four, or if
one ton goes four miles the ton-mileage is four. Four tons
carried four miles make sixteen ton-miles. This method

of computation is so simple that the truck owner can readily
work out his ton-mileage on trucks that leave the whole load
at the end of the trip.

But for the trucks that make partial deliveries the com-
mercial ton-mile has been adopted as the unit of measure-
ment. As most trucks operate under this plan this is the
unit which will be employed in most cases. In order to ob-
viate the necessity of weighing the goods taken off at each
delivery a simple rule of averages has been devised which
gives the ton-miles with sufficient exactness for the pur-
poses required.

The first step in arriving at the ton-miles on such
a trip is to compute the average tons. This is found by divid-
ing" the number of tons hauled by the number of deliveries.
If a truck carrying four tons made five deliveries, the average
tons for the trip would be four-fifths. This result multi-
plied by the total mileage for the trip gives the ton-miles
for the trip. For instance, if the truck in question traveled
twenty miles, the ton-miles would be twenty times four-
fifths or sixteen.

There are some truck operators whose cargoes are en-
tirely of one article — such as barrels, cases, bundles or kegs
— and for these the ton-mile unit would not be so serviceable
as a single unit of the goods they carry. For these the same
measure of haulage may be effected by substituting for the
ton the unit best suited to measure their delivery system.

January, 1920.

THE OMENTAL "MOTOR.

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The Interna! Gear Drive, used on
all Republic Trucks, applies the
power between the hub and rim of
the wheel. That means increased
leverage and more power. It also
makes it possible to carry the load
on a dead I-Beam Axle, that is not
a part of the driving mechanism.

But the Internal Gear Drive is only
one feature of the many that have
created such a demand for these

trucks. More than twice as many
Republics were produced and sold
last year as were produced and
sold by any other maker.

Weigh that fact carefully when
you select a truck. Only the
utmost in quality and service could
create such an enormous demand.

There is a Republic to fit your
business from lightest delivery to
heaviest hauling.

SOLE AGENTS

THE CHINA GARAGE COMPANY

TELEPHONE
C. 2403

21, Foochow Road
Shanghai

Power applied between hub and
rim of wheel. Load carried on
dead I-Beam Axle.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE.

January, 1920.

Everard Thompson, world scout for the Firestone Tire
and Kubber Company, has returned to the United States
after a three month's tour of investigation of the field in
China. The last month was spent in North China. Mr.
Thompson's work included particularly the possibility of
the development of a national highway system in the nation.

Carl Davidson, Ear Eastern manager of the Goodyear
Tire and Kubber Company, and B. M. Shively,- who will
be in charge of advertising and publicity, have left Shang-
hai for Manila where they will be located permanently. A
complete factory branch will be maintained in Manila, by the
company.

Ten motorcycles and fourteen motor cars compose the
motor population of Canton. A forty miles highway be-
tween Macao and Chinshan, in the Heungshan district, has
been commeuced and will be open to traffic in three months.

Shanghai has as many cars as the entire nation of
Greece.

The social event of the year for the American com-
munity of Shanghai will be the annual Washington's birth-
day ball to be given by the American Company of the
Shanghai Volunteer Corps. Arrangements are being made
and no expense will be spared to make the ball a success.

E. H. Graves, manager of the Asiatic department of
the General Motors Export Company of New York arrived
in Manila on December 15 on a tour of the Orient. From
Manila he will go to Java and India and returns by way
of China.

IW. D. Hopson, Oriental service representative of the
General Motors Export Company with Offices in Shanghai,
returned to this city to spend Christmas with his family
after a three months business trip in the Philippines, He
is leaving in a few days for an inspection trip through North
China.

P. H. Gaylor, Far Eastern representative of the J. B.
Crockett Company, left on December 21 for Singapore,
The Shanghai agency for the Clydesdale trucks, which are
exported by the Crockett Company, has been placed with
the Shanghai Garage Company.

J. G. Gilfillan of Gilfillan Brothers Smelting and Befin-
ing Company Of Los Angeles is in Shanghai on the com-
pletion of a trip around the world in the interest of his
organization.

The proprietor of the Commercial Transportation Com-
pany is J. Trevor Smith instead of S. Trevor Smith as
appeared in the Oriental Motor of December.

A native chauffeur was recently sentenced to six months
imprisonment by the Shanghai Mixed Court for killing a
Chinese on Seward Eoad.

Over $45,000,000 worth of motor trucks will soon be
distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United
States, through the Bureau of Public Eoads to State High-
way Departments. The War Department has inventoried
these trucks as surplus and they will be distributed to the
States under the pi-ovisions of Section 7 of the Post Office
Appropriation bill. They must be used by the States on
roads constructed in whole or in part by Federal aid, for
which $200,000,000 in addition to the former appropriation
was given to the States by the same bill. All that * the
States are required to do to acquire the use of these 20,000
trucks, which will range from 2 to 5 tons in. capacity, is to
pay the loading and freight charges. Of the 20,000 trucks
to be acquired practically free by the States 11,000 are new
and 9,000 are used, but all are pronounced in serviceable
condition.

Take a look each month at the Buyers' Eeference
Guide of "The Oriental Motor." There will be new in-
formation that you will find, of value.

It is the somewhat radical assertion of a long-time
student of automobile traffic conditions that a car travelling
thirty miles an hour is less a public menace than one running
at ten. At thirty miles an hour the average driver has his
eyes on the road and his mind on the business in baud. At
ten miles an hour, however, he is pretty apt to be carrying
on a conversation and letting the car run itself.

C. L. Brosseau, who recently joined Anderson, Meyer
and Company, will act as a factory representative for the
Mack Trucks, made by the International Motors Company
of New York City. The first shipment of six trucks will
arrive February 1st. They will range in 1J, 2 and 3 J ton
sizes.

H. C. Steiner, factory representative for the Goodyear
Tire and Eubber Company, will leave Shanghai in a few
days for the north. He will be gone for three weeks.

Arthur Walser, export manager of the General Asbestos
and Eubber Company, who has been seriously ill in Shang-
hai, sailed for the United States on December 18.

January, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR

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The adequate insurance of your Plotor Car is of greater
importance than the insurance of your House and Furniture.
3n accident to your Car may not only entail damage to the
Car but may involve you in heavy Third Party liabilities.

UNION'S

COMPREHENSIVE

MOTOR CAR POLICY

Covers at a moderate premium

THIRD PARTY LIABILITY WITHOUT LIMIT

And also fully indemnifies the Assured for

ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.

(Incorporated in Hongkong)
Established 1835.
Policies are issued at the Society's
HEAD OFFICE, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong.

And also at the following Branch Offices in China :

SHANGHAI, Union Building, No. 4, The Bund.
HANKOW, Union Buildings, Tungting Road.
TIENTSIN, No. 6 Victoria Road.

THE OBIENTAL MOTOR.

MOTOR CAR INSURANCE A NEEDED PROTECTION.

January, 1920.

Motorists Have Been Quick to Realize That Their Automobiles Are Not Complete Without It.

Shortly after the advent of the motor car, numerous
accessories which gave added safety, protection and comfort
were brought to the attention of the motorist and met with
their favour. At about the same time, the owner of an
automobile began to realize that in it he possessed a piece
of real property that should be protected by insurance just
as his tires were protected by guarantees and his motor by a
certain standard of performance.

Probably no motorists have realized the necessity of
motor car insurance more than the motorists of Shanghai
and the Orient due to the peculiar conditions under which
motor cars are operated- No motor car in Shanghai is
operated without a chauffeur and the Chinese chaffeur has
increased the possibilities of accidents and liabilities on the
part of the owner and has brought him to realize the value
of protection both from a financial standpoint and from the
standpoint of peace of mind.

The man who comes to talk insurance seldom receives
a cordial welcome. In the first place he directs the victim's
attention to subjects that are not altogether pleasant to
contemplate, illness, accident and death. In the second
place he is urging to payment of a move or less considerable
sum of money for something that will not give the payer
pleasure or comfort, but merely protection for dependants.

And perhaps the proud possessor of a brand new auto-
mobile in Shanghai will feel the same way when we earnest-
ly advise him that he should never take his purchase oat on
the road until he has fully protected himself and it against
any chance blow of capricious fate. Automobile insurance
has grown from very small beginnings a few years ago to an
enormous industry. When this form of protection is care-
fully selected the car owner is practically immune from
pecuniary loss through accident. No man with a modicum
of good common sense will ever take a car on the road
without being so protected.

The understanding of what constitutes satisfactory pro-
tection in the use of a car does not seem to be generally
diffused even in the motoring community of Shanghai. We
have met scores of oar owners who have covered their cars
and themselves with policies and yet who are extremely
hazy as to the exact limits of the protection they enjoy.
This is absolutely wrong. The car owner should know
exactly what protection he has bought. Suppose we glance
briefly at what automobile insurance really means and what
the car owner should look for in his policy if he is to be really
safe.

Automobile insurance may be divided into four major
classes. First comes fire risk, which almost every one
carries, then collision damage, which covers injury done by
the car to another vehicle or other property, theft, and finally
liability.

The last is the most important. Damages through fire
or collision is limited to the value of the vehicle involved.

Damages awarded to an injured person in the courts may]
run into the thousand. Several verdicts of this amount have,
been brought in, and for the ordinary man this means some-.
thing very like ruin. !_

Now, liability insurance is the most expensive of the
lot. Many men are tempted to "underwrite" themselves and)
save the original outlay. The only advice to be given anyi
one trying to save money in this way is Mr. Punch's advice
to a young man about to be married: "Don't." Put it;
another way. If one were about to buy a car and yet felt
that the added cost of taking out liability insurance was too
much for him , we would frankly advise him not to buy a car'
to operate in Shanghai.

In addition to covering damages assessed by the courts!
for injuries inflicted, the standard insurance policy placesj
the costs of defending such suits on the insuring company.:
Such companies have the best attorneys obtainable, as mini-!
mizing damages is part of their business enterprise. Theyj
also pay for medical attentions given at the time of the!-
accident.

The other classes of automobile insurance are morej
obviously necessary and almost every car owner appreciates;
the need for them. Fire is always a possibility about a|
vehicle that derives its power from a highly inflammable;
liquid like gasolene. Yet fire insurance is comparatively;
cheap. There is not much need for emphasizing the;
necessity for fire insurance, but any car owner who is not so!
covered should instantly take out a policy.

Collision insurance protects the car against damage
suffered in the course of any accident. Any one who ha&j
driven much on the congested streets of Shanghai behind a!
native driver understands the ever present possibility of
damage to his vehicle, through no fault of his own and;
will gladly pay what this class of insurance will cost him.

Some insurance companies write what is known as ai
' 'valued policy. ' ' That is to say, a definite value is put upon :
the car and this sum is paid over in case the car is lost!
through fire, theft or explosion. Other companies have
other rules for assessing the value of the lost vehicle and
the car owner in taking out his policy should be sure that
the writing company makes generous provision in this
respect, Appraisers are sometimes a bit whimsical in their
methods of placing values on a lost car and the car owner j
does not want to suffer the annovanoe of a lawsuit in addition ■
to the inconvenience of losing his car.

That stock and sterling piece of advice , ' 'Buy only from
responsible concerns." holds exactly as must in this pur-
chase of automobile insurance as it does for accessories or
the car itself. Patronize one of the well established insur-
ance companies and be sure that the policy you are taking ;
covers all the major classes of liability. The protection and
peace of much gained are worth the dollars a year that it will
cost you to cover yourself and your car fully.

January; 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

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COULD all the motorists of China visit the
giant Goodyear factories, they would quickly
see the reason for the lower cost per- mile of Good-
year Tires.

The evidence, simple and convincing, of the
inbuilt merit of Goodyear products is here.

The very atmosphere of these factories is vital
with sincerity. No visitor could escape this, im-
pression.

Goodyear workmen believe in the ideal to which
they build — " Protect Our Good Name."

They welcome the rigid inspection that is given to every
manufacturing operation — and every eleventh man in the Good-
year factories is an inspector.

It is this manufacturing policy, combined with the equally
sincere and fair Goodyear sales policy, which has made Goodyear
Tires the largest selling brand'in the world.

Such a sale indicates the greatest demand — the first choice.

And this never comes except as the result of proved
superiority , over long, hard periods of test, against all competitors^

Goodyear Tires are made in botb millimeter and incb sizes.

Gaston, Williams & Wigmore (F.E.D.) Inc

Wholesale Distributors

THE OKIENTAL MOTOE.

January, 1920.

THE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT YOUR CAR.

It is the little things about your motor car
that count just as it the little things in your business
that ofen cause your best laid plans to go astray.

Each month on this page will be published little
things about your motor car that you should know —
often, knowledge that will save you repair bills.

It is very important that regular inspections should be
made of the leather covering or "boots," which protect the
universals and other parts. Flying stones or sticks are apt
tb destroy these boots, permitting the lubricants to leak out
and give entrance to dust and dirt. Look them over once
•a month, anyway.

Linseed oil mixed with a small amount of graphite is
recommended as a lubricant for door hinges and latches,
which seldom receive attention in this way. Ordinary
cylinder oil has a tendency to run, which is not desirable at
this location because the clothes of passengers are likely to
come in contact with it.

The life of your engine and car depends upon lubrica-
tion. The principle of lubrication is to prevent any two
pieces of metal that are working one against the other
ifrom touching. This is accomplished by having a film of
'oil between these two metals. Upon this film of oil de-
fends the life of ail your bearings, cylinders, pistons and
rings. Fast running over heavy and hilly roads uses up
oil much faster than city driving. Put in an extra pint
of oil every hundred miles or so. This precaution will avoid
trouble with bearings or cvlinders. Once a month, or every
10,000 miles, the oil in the crank ca.se should be drained
)off and a fresh supply poured in. After draining, flush the
j crank case with kerosene through the breather pipe and
;r'efill with clean oil. Be absolutely sure that all the
kerosene is drained off, otherwise it will mix with the fresh
.oil and will cut down its lubricating qualities.

A periodical lubrication of the spring leaves will show

,a wonderful improvement in their action. Well-lubricated
springs save wear and tear on tires and other parts of thp
car. Many mysterious noises the driver hears are due to
drv springs — and dry springs are very likely to break.

Springs are easily lubricated by lacking up the body
\rk a car and separating the leaves with a screw driver or
leaf-spreading tool. It is then a> simple matter to force in
a quantity of oil with a squirt gun .

Few owners pay the attention to the ball bearings that
[these latter deserve. They usually wait until the garage
man calls attention to the iniurv done by breakage. At
least once in six months the ball bearings should be in-
spected, the rough or worn balls replaced with perfect ones
and the ball run filled with graphite grease.

Clutch trouble is one of the commonest complaints
'anions' oar owners. The clutch throwout collar needs da.ilv
lubrication, and in many cars failure to give this, even for
ja single dav, may mean clutch trouble. Give the clutch
!the lubrication it needs.

■ Spark plugs require cleaning occasion allv, especially
since our motor fuel became the debased liquid it now is.
The proper way is to take the plug apart and sret all the
Mack, carbonized oil and dirt away from the junction of
metal and porcelain. The porcelain must not be roughened
•with sandpaper or a file, as this makes it more likelv than
before to accumulate carbon. The noints should be brighten-
ed with emery cloth and the rest of the plug be treated
with gasoline and a brush.

A cowl squeak may often be traced to a speedometer,
shaft which needs lubrication. This shaft should be re-
packed with vaseline or a very soft grease and the operation
should be carried out at once, because if the shaft is per-
mitted to run unlubricated for more than a short time
breakage will very possibly result.

The average motorist can test the connecting rod bear-
ing of his engine bv tapping the bearing caps lightly with
a hammer to see if there is ainv play. The crankshaft should
run snugly, but not too tightly, so that it can be rocked by
hand when the compression is relieved by opening the
petcocks.

In lubricating automobile springs the greatest trouble
is found in keeping the lubricant from being soueezed out
under pressure. A compound that obviates this is found
in graphite and beeswax, mixed to a paste, and spread upon
each leaf. Obviously the spring must be taken apart to apply
this lubricant.

Too few car owners are particular enough in folding
the top when putting it down. The folds of material get
between the top bows and often are destroved. With some
tops it is essential that all folds be kept from between the
bows. This not only lengthens the life of the top, but
keens it in better condition. Too often the top becomps
shabbv in a few months, whereas if it were given a little
care its appearance could be kept longer.

After a car has been in service for some time there
is a tendencv of the spring leaves to fit somewhat tighter
together owing to the smooth surfaces that have been pro-
duced. This makes the spring a little more compact by a
fo.w tbousand+hs of "n in^h. but this is enough to loosen
the spring clios. These latter parts should therefore be
drawn tight after a thousand miles or so of travel in the
new car.

If the clutch is allowed to slip very long it will burn the
leather, which will necessitate a relining.

When missing occurs in one cylinder at low speed,
while the firing is all right when the speed is raised, it is a
pretty good guess that the fault lies in too wide a spark gap
in the plug of that cylinder.

January, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR.

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Economy starts with the consumption of Gasolene.

Allow us to give you a ride in a Buick. You will then
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40 Bubbling Well
Phone W. 1234

SHANGHAI

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23 Medhurst Road.
W. 1211 Phone W. 1135

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

January, 1920:

U. S. MAKERS ESTIMATE OUTPUT FOR 1920.

Present Shortage Placed at 2,500,000 Machines— Demand Never Greater.

It is already apparent that every manufacturer of motor
cars in Michigan and Ohio, America's center of production
will increase production in 1920 from 33 1-3 to 100 per cent.
The demand was never greater in the history of the industry,
and the industry is confident that it will continue — just as
strong for two or more years. Right at present, manu-
facturers figure, there is a shortage of 2,500,000 cars. By
fushing production during the remainder of last year
1,500,000 cars were produced. This production is going
to fall far short of the demand, and the industry is facing
the problem of double production if it hopes to care for its
foreign as well as .domestic business.

The automotive industry is investing millions in new
plants and equipment and the present investment is going
to be but a small figure as compared with the expansion
already scheduled for the coming twelve months. In draft-
ing a huge building and expansion program, General
Motors has but paved the way for similar programs on the
parts of other companies.

All the General Motors units will be able to double
production when their present plant construction is com-
pleted. Cadillac will have a complete new plant. Scripps-
Booth has purcnased the new Saxon factory and will move
into the same a^ soon as the lease the Government holds
expire^. The new Cadillac plant will permit a production*
of approximately 250 cars daily. Scripps-Booth, now
running fifty-five, will be able to double production in its
new quarters.

Tie new Maxwell- Chalmers plant will double produc-
tion facilities there. Y'/hen the Maxwell division is housed
in its new factory the present plant will be devoted to
Chalnvrs production exclusively. This will permit the
two concerns to run an average of 600 cars daily, which is
more ("nan double the present output.

Additions to the Buick and Chevrolet plants at Flint
will greatly increase production. Approximately $4,500,000
is being invested by General Motors at the Olds Motor
Works. This company has just set a new production mark
of 230 jobs in one day. Of this number 160 were cars.
This company will turn out 41,000 cars this year and with
its new plant additions in operation hopes to produce 80,000
job* in 1920.

Dort production was started last year and averaged
17,000, officials declare, while every effort will be
mide to run 30,000 machines this year. This can be done
by making slight alterations at the present factory. This
company already has purchased and installed $250,000
worth of new machinery in its present plant.

Ford will run 2,000,000 cars in 1920 and will make the
necessary changes to bring its daily production up to the
3,600,000 mark. Several new units are under construction at
the Highland Park establishment. At River Rouge, the
shipbuilding plant is being converted into a body plant.
Ford is now in a position to build every body,
both open and closed, which this company will require.

The new plant Hudson is building for Essex produc-
tion will permit it to devote its entire present establishment
to Hanson production again. This company is running
240 of both machines daily and built 40,000 last year.
A rchcdule of 80,000 machines in. 1920 is contemplated-
The Barley Motors Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., will run 5,900
cars in 1920. This will be a production increase of 50 per
cent, and can be accomplished without building new manu;
facturing units. Hupp plans a big production increases
Right at present this company is 8,000 orders ahead of pro-
duction. Its 1919 schedule was 18,000 cars and this
probably will be run up to 30,000 within the next twelve
months.

Paige-Detroit will go after export business for the
first time in its history in 1920. The company already
has a rplendid foreign trade which come to it unsolicited.
It is announced unofficially that this company is planning &
branch factory in Canada to care for its European trade;
The company run about 30,000 > cars in 1919 and wijl
greath increasa this in 1920.

At Cleveland Chandler proposes to build between 25,000
and 30,000 cars this year. A 400-ft. four-story addition
is being added to the present plant, while three more stories
will be built on the 400-ft. one-story tractor building. A
five-story office building will be built.

Peerless will double production in 1920 and is making"
plans accordingly. A new plant for Jordan will permit
great production expansions there.

EUROPEAN OAR MAKERS ADOPT DURATEX.

Further evidence of the popularity of American quality^
products with foreign automobile manufacturers is dis^
closed in the announcement of the Duratex Co., Newark,
N. J., that the Austin Motor Co. and the Albert Car Co-,
of England, and the Citroen Car Co. and the Alsace-Lor-
raine Railroad Co., both of France, have adopted Duratex
Upholstery as standard for their cars. This comparatively
new American product is quickly coming into high favor
with manufacturers of fine cars for the reason that it retains
its finish, is free from the faults of leather (for which it is
not a substitute, however) , and, in addition, costs materially
less. i

January, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR.

A SCIENTIFIC TIRE

1 I 'HERE is a right way to build a machine —a
scientifically right way — which requires economy in
operating the machine rather than cheap construction of it.

An automobile tire is a machine, and the scientifically
right way to build a tire is the specially wrapped cable-cord
structure, found only in Silvertown Cord Tires —

Cable-cord is cabled to withstand stress the same as
cable of huge suspension bridges.

A look into the cable-cord body of a Silvertown will
show an engineer why the rubber insulated cable-cord builds
up a tire, which keeps cool and immune • to internal heat,
the great destroyer of tires.

Though Silvertowns cost a little more than ordinary
tires at the outset, their ultimate economy in increased engine
power, in gasoline saving, and more mileage, backed by an
7,000 mile adjustment basis, quickly cancels the first cost.

Know Silvertowns by the Twin Red Diamonds on

the sidewalk

"BEST IN THE LONG RUN"

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WITH ENGIVE YOU'D HAVE A MOTORS FACTORY.

Vast Plant of Shanghai Horse Bazaar and Motor Company, Ltd,, Could Build Them.

Home of the Shanghai Horse Bazaar and Motors Co., Ltd., showing front of new display room.

ITH THE ADDITION of machine shops with
the needed departments for building engines

and a few other mechanical automotive parts
of a motor car, there might be in Shanghai an
automobile factory and on the streets of the city
locally built cars bearing the name of the "Shanghai" or
the "China." Few motorists or other persons of the city
of Shanghai realize the vastness and thoroughness of the
organization referred to or know the work that is being
done within the departments of its plant — the Shanghai
Horse Bazaar and Motor Company, Ltd.

One of the earlier business organizations of the city,
the Shanghai Horse Bazaar was established in 1851 and in
those early days did not have affixed to its corporate name
"motor" sjnce the automobile was then unknown and the
horse and pony held the people of Shanghai as a means
of transportation, pleasure and sport. With the coming of
the motor car and its subsequent development in Shanghai,
in 1914 the name "motor" was added to that of "horse
bazaar" and the company took as its first motor car agency
the representation of the Berliet, a car which is still dis-

tributed through the corporation. The present Shanghai
representations of the company include the Studebaker
Corp., of South Bend, Ind. ; the F. B. Stearns Co., Cleve-
land, Ohio; Berliet, Lyons; Scripps-Booth Corp., Detriot ;
Arrol- Johnson, Ltd., Dumfries: Vauxhall Motors Ltd.,
Luton, and John I. Thomycraft and Co., Ltd., London
Increased demand and high excellence of service brought
the necessity for expansion to the company and gradually
as the motor car has displaced the horse so that department
took over the most of the space of the home of the organiza-
tion, although over 150 horses and ponies now have a home
there. In the fall of 1916 it became necessary to remodel
and increase the capacity of the plant and just recently a
showroom such as has found adoption as a standard in the
majority of motor car companies in the larger cities -of the
United States has been completed.

The organization of the motors department of the
Shanghai Horze Bazaar and Motor Company, Ltd., is being
constantly brought to a higher plane of efficiency although
at the present time it compares favorably not only with the
larger garages and distributing establishments of the United

JANUARY, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR,

Each Side of the Large Storage Boom, Shoiuing Private Stalls.

States and Europe but also with many of the smaller manu-
- facturing establishments of automobiles where assembled
j cars are produced and sold bearing the name of the
' assembler.

The extensiveness and thoroughness of the work of the
\ motor department cannot be thoroughly realized or appre-
ciated without a tour of inspection fhrough all of the many
departments.

Upon entering the home of the Shanghai Horse Bazaar
and Motor Company, Ltd., from the Bubbling Well Road
side, one comes into the storage department, opening off
from which are otber departments. The large and com-
modious central storage space which is exceptionally well
lighted and Ventilated has a floor capacity of 100 cars in
general storage and fifty cars in private stalls. Cars on the
open storage space receive the same attention that is paid
to cars in the private stalls, being carefully watched to prevent
any tampering or meddling, the private stalls affording in
addition a fixed storage space and room for such minor ad-
justments and cleaning as may be made by the chaffeur.

To the left of the storage department in the rear is
the tire supply room where all sizes and requirements in
Savage and United States tires are kept in stock for the

convenience of the motorists. The stock is supervised by
a trained stockkeeper who sees to its arrangement and
upkeep, filling in the needed tires and tubes when the supply
is exhausted and inspecting carefully each one before it is
placed in the rack and before it passes into the hands of
the mechanic or chauffeur who places it in use. To the
left of the tire storage department is the vulcanizing room , a
department whict has outgrown its present quarters and will
soon be moved into larger ones in the Burkill Road building
of the company. In this department modern scientific super-
vision is developed to the highest degree of efficiency assuring
the motorist of real service in tire repairing and satisfaction
with the results obtained.

To the right of the front of the storage space and in
rear of the offices and the showroom is the accessories depart-
ment, where every modern appliance which is needed
for installation on an automobile is carried. As noted in
the last issue of "The Oriental Motor" there are 7,000
accessories which may be installed in, on or about a motor
car, so some idea of the diversity of the stock of motor
accessories may be obtained from this. Prominent among
these accessories, which are also in charge of a storekeeper
with full knowledge of the requirements of such work, are

The Accessories Storeroom.

The Bepairs and Mechanical Department.

THE OBIENTAL MOTOE.

Januaey, 1920.

the Stewart-Warner Lines and the Prestolite Storage
Batteries.

At the rear and right of the storage room is the battery
department in which fifty batteries may be recharged at one
time. Here careful supervision is again emphasized, each
battery receiving the proper charge needed and being watch-
ed through the entire process by men trained for this work.

Opening off the battery storage department is the lathe
room where needed adjustments and repairs are made and

no repair and no replacement of any part of a motor car is im-
possible. Spare parts are carried in stock and such as are
not are made in the shops of the Company, duplicating with
an exact fineness the broken part as if the replacing part
had come from the factory which produced the car.

In the first story over the storage department is the
paint and varnish departments of the plant, where sixty
cars may be worked upon at one time and the departments
are usually filled to capacity. Here the old paint is removed
from the body and new coats applied with such deftness and
skill that oftentimes the car repainted excells in its finish the
first finish from the factory. In the varnish room, modern
factory methods of ventilation and heating are applied, bring-
ing out the finishing touches of the process. In these depart-
ments are also finished the bodies which are built in the
coachwork departments of the plant. With these depart-
ments are the paint and varnish storerooms and the cloth
room for tops and upholstery, all of which are especially im-

Paintiny and Finishing Department.

in the rear of this is the machine and repair shops. In this
section of the company's establishment thirty fitters are at
work on every type of motor repairs and adjustments. All
the needed modern aids in the way of machinery and tools
are at their disposal and foreign supervision by an expert
automobile mechanic assures the motorist of the best possible
service. Such is the stock and service of the Shanghai
Horse Bazaar and Motor Company, Ltd. , that no adjustment,

A Finished Body Beady for the Boad.

January, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

ported for this work. Passing out of the Bubbling Well
Road building, across Burkill Road the possibilities of ex-
pansion which the future will necessitate for the motors
department can be realized. About a large open court}"ard,
private storage stalls are placed. In one building, room is
being made for the installation of more space. In another
room is being made for the vulcanizing department which
has outgrown its present quarters in the Bubbling Well Road
building. In the Burkill Road plant are located the coach-
work departments and the blacksmith shops.

Where the Bodies are Built.

Entering the coachwork department one may trace the
imported ash used in body construction through from the log
to the finished limousine or truck body. On the floor are all
types of bodies undergoing the process of production, the
specifications coming from the designer who is one of
the staff of the Company. Expert workers fashion the
wood into bodies having the lines of the most modern
automobile construction and in many cases adding improved
touches here and there which give the bodies constructed
here more actual style than that of either the American or
Continental models. \

These bodies built in the plant of the Shanghai' Horse

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A Look Down from thcRear on the Bubbling Well Road plant. J

Bazaar and Motor Company, Ltd., weather the climate of
Shanghai better than the bodies of imported cars, due to the
fact that the materials are seasoned to this climate.

In connection with the coachwork department is the
upholstery and top division, where imported materials
of the highest quality are used to give the bodies constructed
that last added touch of artistry. Here also are the storage
rooms where the" glass used and the wood in logs are kept
at hand. Passing from the coachwork department, one
enters the blacksmith department where all of the heavy
machine and casting work which needs the services of such
a shop are done. • ;

The numerical strength of the staff of the motor depart-
ment of the Shanghai Horse Bazaar and Motor Company,
Ltd., is indicated by the vastness of the organization and the
thoroughness with which all of the work is done. At its
maximum of productiveness, which necessity brings in the
spring' and summer months, the staff of the organization
numbers 300 and during the slacker seasons a minimum of
200 men are employed.

AH of which wan-ants the statement that given an
engine, the Shanghai Horse Bazaar and Motor Company,
Ltd., could produce a modern motor car giving
road satisfaction and performance which would be on a parity
with cars of Americanor Continental make.' "

A part of the. Staff, Foreign and Chinese, of the Shanghai Horse Bazaar and Motor Co., Ltd.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

January, 1920.

AMERICAN PASSENGER CAR SPECIFICATIONS

Bused on latest available information at lime of going to press. Prices are in gold dollars, F. O. B. Factory.
All quotations are on stock models except where noted and do not include crating, railway charges to seaboard, ocean freight, insurance, etc.

Model

Starting
Motor Ignition Lighting WB

2- 5- 7-

Tires Rims Pass. Pass. Pass. Sedan

Model

Motor Ignition

Starting
Lighting WB

2- 5- 7-

T res Birns Pass. Pass Pass. Sedan

ALLEN

Series 43 4-4*x5 Conn A-Lite 110
AMERICAN

B 6-3*x5 A.Kent West 122

AMERICAN' BEAUTY

6-31x4 G&D G&D 121
ANDERSON

400-A-E 6-3jx4J Conn Wstbs 120
APPERSON

8-20 8-31x5 Bemy Bijur 130

AUBURN

6-39-H&K 6-31x44 Bemy Bemy 120
BELL

4-3fx4J A Kent A-Lite 114
BIDDLE

H 4-3^x5& Simms G&D 121

BRISCOE

B4-24 4-3Ax5| Conn A-Lite 104
BUTCK

H-6-44-47 6-3gx44 Delco Delco 118
H-6-49-50 6-3§x4* Delco Delco 124
CADILLAC

57 8-3Jx5J Delco Delco jj^

CASE
V 6-34x51 Delco Wstbs 126

CHALMERS

6-30 6-3jx4J Bemy A-Lite | j^

CHAMPION

4-34x5 Delco Delco 118
6-3jx4J Delco Delco 118
CHANDLER

6-34x5 Bosch Wsths 123
CHEVROLET

490 4-3}Jx4 Bemy A-Lite 102

FB 4-3Hx5| Bemy A-Lite 110
CLEVELAND

6-3x4* G&D • G&D 112
COLE

870 8-34x44 Delco Delco 127

COLUMBIA

D-C&CS 6-3jx4£ A.Kent W.Lnrdll5
COMET

C-53 34x5* Wagner Wagner 125

CROW-ELKHART

CE-36 4-34x5 Conn Dyneto 115

CE-46 6-3|x5 Conn Dyneto 116
CUNNINGHAM

V-3 8-3|x5 Delco Wsths 132

DANIELS

C 8-34x51 Delco , Delco 127

D 132

DAVIS

51-54 6-3Jx4i Delco Delco 120
DISPATCH

G 4-3fx5 Bosch USL 120

DIXIE FLYER

H-S-50 4-31x5 Conn Dyneto 112
DODGE BROTHERS

4-3£x4i Own N.E. 114
DORRIS

6-80 6-4 x5 Boscb Wsths 132

DORT

11 4-34x5 Conn Wsths 105*

ELCAR

D.F. 4-34x5 A.Kent Dyneto 116
6-31x44 A.Kent Dyneto 116
ELGIN

H 6-34x41 Warner Wagner 118

E-SEX

A 4-3gx5 Delco Delco 108*

FORD

T 4-3^x4 Own 100

FRANKLIN

9B 6-3^x4 A.Kent Dyneto 115

GARDNER

4-3*x5 Wsths Wstbs ]12
GRANT

H 6-3^x11 A. Kent Wagner 116

HANSON

6-31x4* A-Lite A-Lite 119
HARROUN

A-l 4-31x51 A.Kent Bemy 106

HAYNES

L-6 6-34x5 Bemy L-N 127

L-12 12-23x5 Delco L-N 127
HOLLIER

206-B 6-31x44 Bemy Wsths 120
HOLMES

6-3Jx4| Eiseman Dyneto 126

HUDSON

32x4 SS

$1395

Stiper-6 6-3*x5 Delco
HUPMOBILE

32x4 SS $1895

1865 ftl'.if..; ■■■ ,<!>i

B 4-31x5| A.Kent

JONES

33x4 J SS 2000

2000

28 6-34x52 Bemy
JORDAN

33x4 SS 177,5

1775

1850

2650

.T-60 6-3£x5£ Delco
KING
G 8-3 x5 A.Kent

34x44 SS 2950 12950

2950

4000

KISSEL KAR

33x4 SS H695

1695

2475

Custom Built 6-3^x5 A, Bemy
KLINE KAR

31x4 QD tl395

1395

6-55-J 6-31x44 Conn

32x4 QD 13250

*3300

4600

LEXINGTON
B-19 6-31x4*, Conn

30x34 C 985

985

LIBERTY

10-B 6-31x4} A.Kent

33x4 SS 1495

1495

2255

LOCOMOBILE

34x44 SS

1795

2695

48 6-44x54 Berling
MADISON

35x5 SS 3490 13490

3490

4450

6-34x5 A.Kent

MAIBOHM

B 6-34x41 A.Kent

34x44 SS t2200

2200

3000

MARMON
34 6-'3|x5J Bosch

32x4) SS 1685
34x4J

1685

1765

2370

MAXWELL

1765

25 4-3fx4i A.Kent

McFARLAN

32x4 SS

1491

6-44x6 Bosch

32x4 SS

1495

MERCER

Series 4 4-3|x6| Berling

33x4 SS tl795

1795

MITCHELL
E 40 6-31x5 Bemy

30x34 C 715

735

§1185

MOLINE-KNIGHT

33x4 SS 1110

1135

1685

L 4-3fx5 Conn
G 4.-4 x6 Conn

32x4 QD 1385

1385

MONITOR

6-3jx4J Dyneto

33x5 SS 275p

t2750

2750

3995

MONROE

4-3jx4J A-Lite

32x4 SS tl845

1695

2850

MOON
6 31x44 Delco

33x4 SS

2150

6-66-19 6-34x51 Delco
MOORE 4-3|x41 Conn

32x34 SS 1295

1295

tl355

MURRAY

34x4 SS

1545

2395

8-31x5 Dixie
NASH

35x5 SS t4250

*4750

4250

681-6 } 6"3^x5 Delco

34x44 QDE 4250

4250

5750

684

... 4500

4500

6000

NATIONAL

Six 6-34x51 Delco

33x4 SS tl795

1765

1695 t2565

Twelve 12-2£x4f Delco
NELSON

4-3Jx4j Bosch

34x4 SS {1250 tl290

NOR WALK

32x4 i S 1365

1365

4-34x54 Delco
OAKLAND

32x3} SS 1085

1085

1750

34-B 6-21gx4| Remy
OLDSMOBILE

35x5 SS

4350

5720

45-B 8-2gx4| Delco
37- A 6-2f|x4f Remy

30x34 QD 1985

985

1535

OLYMPIAN

45 4-31x44 Conn

32x3} SS

]225

11225

1775

OVERLAND

33x4 SS

1475

11475

1995

4 4-3?x4 A-Lite
OWEN-MAGNETIC

33x4 SS ...

1485

1950

W-42 fi-4 x54 Boscb
PACKARD

32x4 SS 1595

1595

2250

3-35

3-25 12-3 x-5 Delco

30x3Jr C 500

525

775

PAIGE

6-39 6-3^x51 Bemy

32x4 SS 2700

2750

12750

3750

6-55 6-34x51 Bemy
PATERSON

32x34 SS 1125

1125

6-4- 6-3^x4J Delco
PEERLESS

32x4 J ... 1495

]495

2450

5 ^ 8-31x5 A.Kent

PIERCE- ARROW

32x4 SS

1685

48 6-44x54 Delco
38 6-4x54 Delco

30x3* ... 1095

PILOT

6-45 6-31x5 Delco

34x4*. SS t2685

2685

3550

PREMIER

34x44 SS

t3450

3450

4200

6-C 6-3gx54 Delco
REO

33x4 SS

1985

1920 6-3T9Fx5 N. E.
REVERE

34x4*. SS

2900

3900

4-4|x6 Bosch

Delco 125f

Wsths 112

Wstbs 126

Bijur 127

Bijur 120

Remy 124

Wagner 121

Wsths 122

Wagner 115

Wsths 142

Remy 115

Wagner 116

Bijur 136

Simms 109

Wsths 136

Wsths 132

Bemy 120

A-Lite 118

A-Lite 122

.' 117

A-Lite 115

Delco 118

Delco 125

A-Lite 106

35x44 SS «

33x4 SS $1450

34x4 SS 2250

32x44 SS

34x4 SS 2550

32x44 SS 2875

33x4 ... 1965

34x4 SS

32x4 SS 1695

35x5 QD t8200

33x4 SS

32x34 SS

32x44 SS t3950

30x34 C 985

35x5 QD 4300

32x4J SS 4500

33x4 SS 11690

34x4 SS t2000
35x44 SS 12500

33x4 ... 1475

32x34 SS 1195

32x4 SS

35x44 SS 12500
30x34

■12200 $2100

1450

12250 2250

12675 2675

2350 2150

2875

1990 11990

1785 1785

11785 1695

*8100 8100

1550

1395

3900 3950

985

14500 4300

14500 *4500

1690 ... ..

2000

$2900
2185

3700
3100
2975
2790
2085
2595

1995
5750
1655
5600

2500
11575

Wsths 128 34x44

1195
1885
"995
3500

2750 3650

Delco

Wsths
Bijur

U.S.L.

Delco

Bemy

Delco
Bemy

A-Lite

Own

Bijur

G&D

Remy

Delco
A-Lite

Wsths

Delco
Delco

N. E.
Wsths

(127
[121

128
128

104

117

112

122
112

112

100

142

136

128

117
127

120

125

142

134

120
126
120
131

34x44 SS

33x4 SS tl490
34x44 SS

34x44QDRf2450
34x44QDBf305O

32x4 SS

32x34 SS

32x4 SS {1075

34x44 SS
32x4 SS

1640

1490 11640

12450 2450
13050 3050

1500
1165
1075

32x31 ... 1240
30x34 C 845
35x5 SS

35x5 QD 15200

33x4 SS {1595
35x41 SS

33x4 C ......

34x44 SS 12900

35x5 QD 7650
34x14 QD 7250

32x4 SS 11700

32x4| SS ......

33x4 SS 1650

32x44 SS 3850

1895 1895
1395

1240

845

2250

3120
3720

1740

2950
1995

1355

5500 6500

(5550
5200 15200

1595

12300 2195

1695 1725

2900

7650 7750
7250 7250

1650

12585 2585

1650

f3850 3850

2395
3095

3700

2500

2400

January, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR.

Starting 2- 5- 7-

Model Motor . Ignition Lighting WB Tires Rims Pass. Pass. Pass. Sedan

Model

Starting 2- 5- 7-

Motor Ignition Lighting WB Tires Rims Pass. Pass. Pass. Sedan

ROAMER

C-6-54 6-3jx5J Bosch
SAXON

Y-18 6-2£x4£ Remy
SAYERS

SIX-42 6-3jx4J Dclco
SCRIPPS-BOOTH

Six-39 6-2Jgx4j Remy

Six-39 Export Model
SENECA

4-3|x4£ Remy
SINGER

19 6-4 x5£ Bosch

STANDARD

H 8-3£x5 Dixie

STANLEY

Steamer 2-4 x5

STEARNS

SKL4 4-3fx5| Wsths

Bijur 128 32x4 SS 2650 f2575 2750 3450

Wagner 112 32x3£ SS fl295 1295

Delco 118 32x4 1745 2695

Remy 112 32x4 SS J1295 1295 1985

Remy 112 32x4 SS 1495 1495 2185

Remy 108 30x3£ C 990

Wsths 139 35x5 SS 5250 t5250 5250 7200

Wsths 127 34x4^ SS 3000 t3000 3000 4100

130 35x4| SS 3450 4950

Wsths 125 34x4£ SS t2250 2250 2475 3300

STEPHENS

Salient Six 6-3^x4J A-Lite

STUDEBAKER
EH-6-50 6-3^x5 Remy
E-G-6 6-3fx5 Remy

p 4-4|x6 Delco

TEMPLAR

A-445 4-3|x5£ Simms
VELIE

48 6-3£x4£ A.Kent

WESTCOTT

A-48 6-3£x5| Delco

B-38 6-3^-x4i Delco
WILLYS-KNIGHT

88-4 4-4^x4i Conn

WINTON

24 6-4Jx5J Bosch

25 6-32x5^ Bosch

A-Lite 122 32x4 SS

Wagner 119
Wagner 126

Remy | 13Q

Bijur 118

Bijur 115

Delco 125
Delco 118

32x4 SS
33x4 i ...
32x4J SS

32x4 SS

32x4* SS
33x4 SS

A-Lite 121 34x4.| SS

Bijur 138
Bijur 132

35x5 SS
35x5 SS

1975 1975 "2050

1685 1685 tl685 2535

2135

2750 f2850 *2850

2485 2485 t2485 3385

1685 1685 2385

2590 2590 4190

2090 2090 J2790 3190

1725 2750

4350 4350 4350 5600

3600 3600 3600 3400

*6-passenger. t4-passenger. J.'l-passenger.

ABBREVIATIONS— "A.Kent" Atwater Kent, "A-Lite" Auto-Lite, "Conn" Connecticut, "G&D" Gray & Davi.<--, "Eicnian" Eisemann, " L-N "
Leeee-Neville, " N.E." Noilh East, "Wfcths" Westinghonse, "W. Lnid." Ward Leonard, "SS" Straight Side, "QD" Quick Detachable, "C" Clincher
" QDR" Quick Detachable Reversible. NOTE — I'OxH^r means that the rear tires are 30xS£ and the front are smaller. $31x4 C tires on Sedan.

LATEST BRITISH CAR PRICES.

The following is a revised price list of British motor
cars available at the time of the December number. It is
not complete and includes only a partial list of exhibitors
at the recent Olympia show.

A. C. 6-cyl. Chassis only...

ANGUS-SANDEKSON. 4-cyl. 14.3 h.p. Chassis only.
ARMSTRONG-SIDDELEY, " SIX." Chassis only .

Saloon Double Phaeton .
ARROL-JOHNSTON. 4-cyl. " Victory Model,"

Complete
4-cyl. 15.9 h.p. Complete
Chassis Complete ...

AUSTIN. 4-cyl,
4-cyl,
4-cyl
4-cyl

AUTOCRAT

BEAN.

BELSIZE.

Standard Model
Four-seater Coupe ...
Seven-seater Landaulet

BRITON

20 h.p.
20 h.p.
20 h.p.
20 h.p.
Two-seater
Eour-seater
I Coupe
4-cyl. Two-seater, Open
Four-seater, ,,
Two-seater, Coupe
Four-seater, ,,
4-cyl. 20.1 h.p. Chassis only
Two-seater Model ...

Four- „ „

Coupe
Landaulet
LIGHT CAR

BRITON STANDARD

CALCOTT.

11.9 h.p.
11.9 h.p.

4-cyl. 9.9 h.p. Two-seater

Model

MODEL. 4-cyl. 11.3 h.p.

Two-seater
Four-seater
Two-seater
Coupe

CALTHORPE. 4-cyl. 10.5 h.p. Two-seater

Standard 375

Four-seater Standard ... ... 400

Coupe 450

Four-seater Sporting 400

CHARRON. Chassis only

CHARRON-LAYCOCK. Two-seater 460

£550
£575
£720
1,000

£700
625

£470
595
695
725

£445
475
500

£425
450
500
550

£450
550
620
770
830

£395

£450
475

£475
550

guineas
guineas
guineas
guineas
£960
guineas

Three- seater ...

490

guineas

Coupe ...

540

guineas

CROSSLEY. 4-cyl. 25-30 h.p. R F.C. Chassis...

£950

Touring

1,200

Limousine Landaulet

1,400

Coupe

1,400

DAIMLER. " Light 30 " Chassis

£1,000

" Standard 30 " Chassis

1,060

" Special 45 "

1,300

TALBOT-DARRACQ. 16 h.p. 4-cyl. Four-seater

model

£750

TALBOT-DARRACQ. 8-cyl. 20 h.p. Chassis ...

£950

DAWSON. 4-cyl. 11 h.p. Two-seater

£475

Coupe

...

600

DELAHAYE. 4-cyl. 14-18 h.p. Chassis only ...

...

£1,050

6-cyl. 18-22 h.p.

...

£1,500

DEEMSTER. 4-cyl. 10 h.p. Two-seater

385

guineas

Coup6

400

»i

Four-seater

440

DOUGLAS. 2-cyl. 10.5 h.p. Chassis only ...

£350

Standard Body complete ...

400

ENFIELD-ALLDAY. 5-cyl. 10 p.h. Two-seater

...

£350

,, ,, Four-seater

350

ENSIGN. 6-cyl. 38.4 h.p. Chassis only...

£1,700

GLADIATOR. 4-cyl. 12-14 h.p. Four-seater Model ...

£785

Coupe

900

4-eyl. 25-35 h.p. Coupe Saloon

...

1,200

G. W. K. 4-cyl. Two-seater .

£275

Four-seater"

275

D. F. P. 12.1 h.p. Chassis only

£675

HAMMOND. 4-cyl. 11-22. Two-seater

£585

HAMPTON. 4-cyl. 9.4 h.p. Chassis only

£360

Two-seater Model...

...

425

Four-seater ,,

465

Coup6 Model

...

500

H. E. CAR. 4-cyl. 13.9 h.p. Chassis only

...

£550

Complete, Four-seater

£700

HILLMAN. 4-cyl. Two-seater Model

£435

Four-seater Model

...

495

Coup6

...

505

HORSTMANN. Two-seater Complete

£350

Four-seater ,,

...

385

Coupe „ ... ...

...

410

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

jANTJAfcY, 1920.

MORRIS-COWLEY
MORRIS-OXFORD.

NAPIER.

HUMBER. 4-cyl. 10 h.p. Two-seater Complete
4-cyl. 10 h.p. Four-seater
4-cyl. 10 h.p. Coupe
4-cyl. 15.9 h.p. Five-seater
4-cyl. 15.9 h.p. Saloon
LANCHESTER. 40 h.p. Chassis
MARLBOROUGH. Two-seater...
MASCOTTE. Three-seater Model

Two-seater, Polished aluminium body
Coupe
METEORITE. Chassis Complete
Two-seater model
Four-seater

Two-seater

4-cyl. Two-seater Complete
Four- seater
Coupe
6-cyl. 40-50 h.p. Chassis only
Landaulet
Sporting Torpedo
Cabriolet
PALLADIUM. 2-cyl. 10 h.p. Two-seater Model.
Four-seater Model
Coupe
PHOENIX. '4-cy!. 11.9 h.p. Two-seater Complete
ROLLS-ROYCE. 6-cyl. Chassis only
ROVER. 12 h.p. Two-seater model
Four-seater ,,
Limousine Coupe
ROVER LIGHT CAR. 8 h.p. Two-seater
RUSTON-HORNSBY. Five-seater
S. C. A. T. 4-cyl. 15 h.p. Chassis
SINGER. Two-seater Model ...
Two-seater Sporting ...
Coupe ..
STANDARD. 9.5 h.p. Chassis only
Two-seater ...

Coupe

£480

530

£575

750

£1,010

£1,500

£550

£450

575

675

£375

450

575

£315

£380

415

475

£1,750

2,450

2,240

2,340

STAR. 20.1 h.p. Four-seater, saloon top
15.9 h.p. Two-seater
Five-seater
STOREY. 14.3 h.p. Chassis only

,, Two/Four-seater
,, Coupe
SUNBEAM. 16 h.p. 4-cyl. Chassis
Touring Car
Limousine ...
24 h.p. 6-cyl. Chassis
Touring
Limousine ...
TALBOT. 4-cyl. 25 h.p. Chassis only ..
4-cyl. 25 h.p. Five-seater
6-cyl. 30 h.p. Chassis only ..
THOR. 4-cyl. 15.5 h.p. Two-seater
,, ,, Coupe ...

UNIC. 4-cyl. 13-24 h.p. Chassis only ..
VARLEY-WOODS.

Two-seater Model...
Four-seater Model
Coupe
275 guineas VAUXHALL. 25 h.p. Chassis only
295 ,, 30 h.p. Chassis only

365 „ VULCAN. 16 h.p. Four-seater Model ...

12 h.p. Light' Car, Two-seater
Four-seater :..
WAVERLY. 4-cyl. Chassis only

14 h.p. Five-seater Model
Saloon
WOLSELEY TEN. 4-cyl. Two-seater ..
Three-seater
Coupe .!.
WOLSELEY FIFTEEN. 4-cyl. Touring

Saloon
6-cyl. Touring de luxe

£425
£1,850

£700
750
800

£230

£600
600

£400
400
500

£385
425
525

WOLSELEY TWENTY.

Landaulet
i, , Coupe

ZEPHYR. 4-cyl. 11.9 h.p. Chassis Complete

£885

670

690

£525

600

700

£850

1,125

1,275

1,125

1,400

1,650

£950

1,230

1,050

£400

450

£970

£540

660

760

£950

1,125

£675

500

525

£450

575

750

£500

585

600

£800

1,000

£1,150

1,400

1,450

£350

FAST GROWTH OF MOTOR COMPANY BRINGS FINE.

Expansion of Central Garage Company Causes Interference With Traffic —And It Co&t $1.

There are many businesses which would willingly pay a
tine of one dollar if their expansion was coming so fast that
they could not provide adequate housing" facilities and it
interfered with traffic. In fact, the nominal fine instead of
being a reproof would seem more to be a barometer of
stable growth and a source of satisfaction not only to . the
owners involved but also to the city in which it occurred.

This unique case happened recently in Shanghai when
the Central Garage Company was fined the sum of $1 in
the British Police Court for causing an obstruction of traffic
in Weihaiwei Eoad with certain motor cars.

When the evidence was taken the Central Garage Com-
pany acknowledged the presence of the motors upon the
road at the time of the complaint lodged by the police and
gave an adequate explanation in the fact that the business
of the company was growing so fast that they were unable
to' find housing facilities large enough to accommodate it.
The evidence of the defendant brought out the rapid growth
of the motor car business by testifying that the original
bulding on Jinkee Eoad had been filled to overflowing and
complaints were made against it. To remedy this, a build-
ing in the French Concession was obtained but within a

short time a second congestion resulted. A third building
was then obtained in Weihaiwei Road and the -business
grew out of the three establishments on to the road and
caused the police complaint. The Central Garage Com-
pany's new modern garage plant at the corner of Hongkong
aad Szechuen Roads is nearing completion, it was said.
The Company stated that all within their power was being
done to make the congestion as small as possible.

Then came the fine of $1 with a warning of imposing
a maximum penalty. It should be taken by Shanghai,
especially those interested in the motor industry of the city,
as an indication of what motors axe meaning to the daily
life of the city, the increase in the motBrihg population and
of what to expect of the future.

BRITISH TO SPEND MILLIONS FOR ROADS.

The highway authorities of Great Britain, according to
a recent, report have made grants, bo July 31, 1919, amount-
ing to $45,500,000 for the repair of roads and bridges in the
British Isles/ This grant was divided as follows : England,
$39,240,000; Scotland, $2,640,000; Ireland, $645,000;
Wales, $2,975,000.

January, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOE.

ilburn

LIGHT, ELECTRIC

A Motor- Car Ride Is Not Necessarily
An Endurance Test

Particularly. is this so where level roads and
short'distances are so easy on automobiles.

What is the use, then, of paying for a high-
powered, complicated car that is strong enough
to climb a mountain ?

An automobile can go only so fast and so
far as streets and traffic conditions will permit.-
In China, a light electric will serve every purpose
and keep down the expense of light, oil, and
tires.

Andersen, Meyer S Co., Ltd.

SHANGHAI

7 Yuen Ming Yuen Road Telephone Central 778

Also at Peking, Tientsin, Hankow and Hongkong.

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Since their inception automobiles have been put to many
and varied uses and the pages of the motor car journals
monthly carry new feats of strength, endurance and per-
formance, but the latest function ascribed to motor driven
vehicles is that of being an antidote for Bolshevism.

This view is offered by a motor car distributor in one of
the larger cities of the United States who declares that Bol-
shevism may be "gassed" from the exhaust of the country's
automobiles.

"Motorists," the prophet says, "get too much joy out
of hving to harbor desires of 'busting' up the government.
The relaxation which is afforded the mind and body by motor
trips keep both healthy and make people keen for the accom-
plishment of something more profitable than 'gumming up
the cards. ' "

"You can't imagine a man sitting at the wheel of his
own car and plotting a raid on his white collared neighbor's
life or property. Within a year there will be 10,000,000
motor car owners in the United States and adding a family
of four each means that practically fifty per cent, of the
population of the country will be owners of private property
— real private property — motor cars.

"It is going to be mighty hard for an agitator to make
much progress when every other man he meets is a car
owner. ' '

And now that everything else has been tried on the Bol-
sheveki, probably automobiles would be equal to the occa-
sim as a combatant force as well as an antidote.

CHANGE OF MIND COSTS FORD $600,000.

Judgment for $600,000 damages was awarded the
Woodward Hotel Co., New York City, November 17, by a
jury in the Federal district court at that point in the hotel's
suit against the Ford Motor Co. As related in these columns
some time ago, the Woodward alleged that it had
closed a contract with the Ford company to operate as a hotel
the proposed 13 upper floors of the 15 that were to comprise
the whole of the New York Ford building, which at that time
was in process of planning. Later, the Ford company
decided to restrict the number of floors of the building to
the number which it needed for office purposes, and denied
that it was obligated to put up extra construction for the
hotel's use.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOK.

January, 1920..

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ANTI-FREEZING SOLUTIONS.

Automobilists, especially the motorist making his initial
investment, will find upon consulting the instruction book,
accompanying the car, a paragraph cautioning him to guard
against freezing of the water of the cooling system.

Generally, instructions are given for the preparation
and use of solutions for lowering the freezing point of the
water in the radiating system. But as the car is usually
purchased in warm weather, the instruction book is often
mislaid or the suggestions for care of the cooling system
forgotten.

It is reasonable to suppose that the temperature will
drop below the freezing point this month, therefore the
motorist who wishes to avoid the expense of replacing any
or all of the engine parts, will do either one of two things.
Either he will draw off the water from the cooling system,
when the car is not in use, or he will use an anti-freezing
solution.

Opinion varies as to the best solution to employ. Some,
car makers recommend alcohol, while others suggest, the
solution of water and calcium chloride. Still others approve
of glycerine and water.

In selecting an anti-freezing solution, the motorist must
be governed by conditions of locality and the general action
of thte radiating system and the cooling capacity of the car.
Where extreme changes occur and the weather is mild one
day and freezing the next, it is advisable to employ a solution
that will not boil in mild weather, otherwise the solution
will be evapora^d rapidly.

Another factor to be .considered is the cooling system
which overheats very rapidly, or in some cases remains cool
even under high atmospheric temperatures. In oases where
the system tends to heat, or in localities of temperature ex-
tremes, the alcohol solution is not practical.

The glycerine solution has a high vaporizing point but
it may attack the hose fittings. It has a tendency to creep,
that is, it tends to work up and over the top of the radiator.

The calcium chloride mixture has a vaporizing point
slightly lower than that of the glycerine solution, but is
mixed very readily. One should be careful to obtain the
chemically pure material, not the commercial.

With any of the anti-freezing solutions given in the
table there comes the danger of evaporation. The motorist
must make regular tests of the solution or the water will
freeze.

We have given the table for those motorists who like
to mix their own solutions, but our best advice is to try
the compounds sold by garages for the same purpose.
Calcium Chloride.

Pounds of Gallons Freezing '

Cal. Chi. of Water Point

.2 1 18 F

3 1 1.5 F

4 1 -17 F

5 1 -39 F

January, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOE.

Per cent
of Alcohol
5

15
20
30
35
In using" alcohol

Wood Alcohol.

Per cent

of Water

motorists should

Freezing"

Point

25 F

11 F

5 F

-5 F

-16 F

remember

that

denatured alcohol has a higher freezing point than wood
alcohol.

Glycerine.
Per cent

of Water • '

90
70
60
52
46
42 .

Per cent of
Glycerine
10 ■
• • 30
40
48
54
58

The difficulties in the way of using glycerine and water
alone have led to the use of a mixture containing alcohol in
addition. The alcohol and glycerine are generally added in
equal parts to the water, the amount depending upon the
freezing point) desired. The percentage of mixture to add
may be obtained from the accompanying table :

Freezing

Point

28 F

15 F

5 F

1 0 F

-5 F

-10 F

Freezing Point

20 degrees Fahrenheit

15 degrees Fahrenheit

10 degrees Fahrenheit

5 degrees Fahrenheit

0 degrees Fahrenheit

- 5 degrees Fahrenheit

-15 degrees Fahrenheit

Mixture

Glycerine and Alcohol

15 per cent.

. 20 per cent.

24 per cent.

27 per cent.

29 per cent.

30 per cent.
32 per cent.

Water
85 per cent.
80 per cent.
76 per cent.
73 per cent.
68 per cent.
70 per cent.
68 per cent.

THIS FORD FROM CANADA.

The concern of P. Lyall and Sons Construction Co.,
Ltd., Montreal, announces that it is about to put a car oh
the Canadian market at a price below any machine on the
North American Continent or in Great Britain. When the
war ceased the company switched its munition plant on to
experimental work on cars. The result is they intend to
produce a car to sell at £120. The chief economy is in
the engine designed by one of the company's staff. It is
characterized by the small number of component parts. It
is officially stated that the engine has been subjected to very
severe tests, and that it will drive the car, as designed, 60
miles on one gallon of petrol. Details of this remarkable
engine are promised in a short time. The publication of
this information led to wild fluctuations in the shares of the
company, the directors issuing a statement warning the
public that there was no justification for these speculative
movements.

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PROS AND CONS OF LEFT-HAND
STEERING.

Great Increase in Number of Cars with this Mode
of Driving.

(By An English Motoist.)

It is probable that during the coming season there
will be a great increase in the number of cars fitted
with left-hand steering sold in this country. Not only
have Fords adopted this practice for their standard 1920
models, but in addition there will be a number of American
and Continental cars imported which will not have their
steering gears altered for sale in this country.

At first sight it would appear that the actual driving
of a car from the left side with our present rule of the
road would be a great drawback to this feature, but, as
a matter of fact, it is with the incidental disadvantages
that the owner-driver of a "left-handed" car will be
brought most into contact. It is not intended here to
attempt to denounce the left-hand setting of the wheel,
for it has some obvious advantages, while the disadvantages
are not so important as might be at first thought. Now
that cars are being fitted on the central gear and brake
controls in ever increasing numbers the left driving posi-
tion brings these levers to the driver's right-hand side, and
although it may be easy to change the gear with either
hand, every driver who has driven an ordinary English car
for any length of time prefers to change gear with his right
hand. iWith a four-door body it will greatly appeal to the
owner-driver who uses his car for business purposes, for
the reason that he can get directly into the driving seat
when the car is drawn up at the curb without disturbing
his companion or upsetting parcels, etc., on the passenger's
seat.

Eegarding the actual driving of the car, the supposition
that left-hand steering is dangerous or unsuitable for
countries where the left-hand rules of the road prevail, is
amply refuted by the fact that practically none of the Army
drivers who went to France with English cars and had to
drive on roads where the opposite ruling to that in this
country was in force experienced any difficulty so long as
they were not transferred from home to overseas units too
frequently. Arguing on similar lines, the majority of cars
in France have right-hand steering, and judging by the
speed at which motor traffic careers through Paris and other
Continental towns, their chauffeurs do not seem troubled
in this respect. Having done a fair amount of driving on
foreign roads in English cars and in England on left-hand
steering cars, the writer can vouch for the fact that no
awkwardness is experienced after the first cautious half
hour, and that the only permanent disadvantage on the
road is that more care must be exercised. It might be
thought that when passing other traffic on the open road

January, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

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a certain amount of danger would be incurred owing to the
j fact that the greater portion of the car must be swung over
I the road before the driver can see past the vehicle he has
1 overtaken. Since, however, it is not usual to follow im-
| mediately behind a cart or truck and then suddenly swerve to
J the right, coupled with the fact that the difference in lateral
position of the driver's eye in cars fitted with left or right-
hand steering is only 25 ins. to 30 ins. , make this disadvan-
tage negligible. In close town traffic left-hand steering has
! the advantage that a greater degree of accuracy can be
obtained owing to the fact that it is possible to see the exact
■clearance between a car which is being overtaken slowly
than with the right-hand type, and on car tracked roads it is
a distinct advantage, as a slightly better view is possible
when passing a street car on the left-hand side of the road.

It will be seen, therefore, there is no reason why
motorists should consider that the left-hand steering on a
car is unsuitable as regards actual driving, but in a two-
seater car there is the obvious disadvantage that when

central control is fitted the passenger has to walk out into
the middle of the road in order to get into the car when it
is standing at the roadside. This, however, is not of very
great importance, and it is a disadvantage which prevails
in the case of a car fitted with the ordinary type of steering
gear, but with a four-door body ; the only difference being
that it is then the driver who has to walk round to get into
his seat.

In the writer's opinion the car which has central control
fitted is easier to drive if the steering is of the left-handed
pattern than if it is of the more usual type, and between
the choice of left-handed steering or left-handed gear and
brake control, the former is greatly preferable.

"I wonder what the Eolls-Eoyce is selling for?" You
need not be in doubt as to the prices and specifications of
the principal British and American cars if you will turn
each month to the Motor Car Prices and Specifications De-
partment of "The Oriental Mototr."

THE OBIENTAL MOTOE. January, 1920.

WET^ WEATHER MOTORING.

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a smash than afterwards. You have bought the
most suitable car for your purpose — now take out
the most suitable policy to protect that car.

The "YANGTSZE" Policy offers the
fullest possible protection and is the
most generous to the car owner.

RING UP THE

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(Shanghai Central 5475)
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Some Hints on the Prevention of Skids, and Upkeep-
of Exposed Parts.

One lesson the war has taught us even in Shanghai is-
that the average modern automobile is an eminently suitable:
vehicle for bad going and rough roads, and, although before
the war there were in many countries motorists who were ir
the habit of storing their cars during the winter months
the increased confidence which the modern car inspires and
the greater comfort which is provided by the closed car has
caused as many cars to be seen in the winter as in the
summer.

Looked at from the point of convenience, the car is every
day coming more and more into its proper sphere ais a utility
vehicle rather than one which is only used for joy-riding,
and, once the habit of motoring has been started, it is difficult
for people to reconcile themselves to anything else.

A few hints, therefore, on how to prepare the car for
wet-weather driving will not be out of place. It is rtual to
find that, after having driven over wet r:>iis for any period,
various parts of the chassis begin to show specks of rim, doe
to the enamel being chipped off by road material spurned up-
by the wheels or by. the scratching of the enamel when mud
is washed off. This difficulty is not easy to overcome, but
the more vulnerable parts of the car should be painted with
a hard, black varnish and then given a coating either of
grease or petroleum jelly. Detachable wheels or rims, if
they are fitted, are sometimes made very hard to operate-
by the formation of rust on their working surfaces, and ib is-
not unwise to take off the wheels or rims and to paint
them with fairly thick grease or else with petroleum jelly.
This prevents the ingress of water and the formation of rust
and, particularly in the case of rims, makes the operation of
changing the tire or wheel much easier when a puncture-
happens.

One of the old bugbears of wet-weather driving was the-
ease with which a car would skid, and a great many drivers
preferred to stay in rather than experience the nervous tension'
entailed by the expected sideways motion of the car on wet
roads. The modern chassis, with their low centres of
gravity, correct weight distribution and improved steering
systems, are far less prone to skid than were cars in the-
years 1911-12. The selection of tires naturally has a great
effect on a car's propensity for holding the road or otherwise.
This may be best accomplished by the use of non-skid
tires or by the use of chains. The main factor im
skidding, is the way in which the car is driven, and it is for
us to consider the cause and effect of bad driving.

The portion of the road wheel of a car in contact with the-
road is theoretically stationary, that is, there is no movement
between the tire and the road. It is a mechanical fact that,
once two bodies in contact have started sliding over each
other, less force is required to keep them, sliding than the-
initial pressure necessary to cause any relative movement..

January, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

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It will be seen, therefore, that, so long as the part of the
road wheel in contact with the road is not caused to slide over
it in any way, such as by letting in the clutch or by braking
too quickly, more sideways pressure will be required to make
the car skid than would be the case if the surfaces were slid-
ing over each other. Applying this, it will be seen that
sudden braking, tending momentarily to lock the wheels, is
very apt to produce skids, and, at the same time, a. sadden
change of direction due to the steering wheel being pulled
over, rather than slowly felt round, is very liable to produce
front-wheel skid, owing to the tendency of the car to continue
in a straight line. The nervous driver who is expecting
skids is far more liable to have trouble on a slippery road, due
to tension of his muscles being increased and his movements
made jerky thereby, than is the more confident motorist,
who does not very much care whether he skids or not.

There are drivers who purposely skid their cars in wet
or dry weather and who take a delight in shooting round a
corner sideways. While not advocating a general adoption
of this practice, we can at the same time learn from the
antics of these enthusiasts how to control a car while it is
skidding. The easiest way to take the ordinary back-wheel
skid is to steer into it. This, as a matter of fact, is the
natural thing to do when one feels the back of a car coming-
round, but it is judiciously combined control of brakes and

car tend to swing round, it is useless putting the brakes hard
on, as that simply locks the back wheels and tends to ac-
centuate the skid. If the clutch is left in with the engine
slowed down and the brake applied progressively and lightly
at first, it will be found that the wheels can be made to grip
the road again. The front wheels, at the same time, should
not be locked too far over, making their line of travel at an
angle to the plane of the wheel, but- should be kept practically
straight and only turned a little until it is felt that they begin
to grip. These movements naturally have to be carried out
quickly if disaster is to be averted in congested traffic, but
even the least experience of drivers must realize how intuitive-
ly the movements are made once the idea has been grasped.
Front-wheel skids aire more dangerous and usually harder to
check. If the brakes are judiciously used, however, the back
of the car can generally be prevented from swinging round too
far, and a moderately straight course can be kept.

steering wheel that is most effective.

Should the back of the

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when referring to advertisements.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR. January, 1920.

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The air over and about Shanghai may soon be filled
with the droning of perfect working engines of commercial
airplanes, according to a recent announcement made in
Japan by Major Stevenot, director for the Far East of the
Curtiss Airplane Company, who has headquarters in
Manila .

Delivering tobacco salesmen in the interior of China
and carrying physicians and medical supplies to interior
points of the Philippine Islands are two of the tasks
announced by the Curtiss Company, as well as the opening
of branches in China and Japan of the organization.

The British- American Tobacco Company, according to
the Curtiss publicity, has purchased six Curtiss planes to
carry their men into the" interior, partly to save time in
transportation and partly to advertise their brands.

In the Philippines, the administration has entered into
a contract with Major Stevenot for the transportation of
doctors and their supplies of virus, antitoxins, and other
anti-plague supplies to points out of the route of ordinary
ti*avel, the measure being taken to obtain the quickest
possible relief in case of epidemics.

Am aerial taxi service has already been established in
Manila and the citzens of that port are going aloft daily.
There has been a large number of air joy riders, including
Goveinor-G^neral Harrison of the Islands and his wife.

In view of the recent contract placed with the Handley-
Page Company by the Chinese Government, the Italian
Rome-Tokyo flight, the advent of the Curtiss Company,
and the organization of the Shanghai .Aero Club,
the development of aviation in the Orient and in China
seems assured on a commercial basis.

MOTORS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

m hb s..

In spite of the shortage of shipping, which was a serious
hindrance to the trade in foreign automobiles in South
Africa in 1917, the volume of imports in motor vehicles and
supplies was fairly well maintained. The gross value of the
imports' of motor vehicles, accessories, tires, gasoline, etc.,
into the Union of South Africa increased from $8,594,200
in 1916 to $9,948,080 in 1917, or by about 15| per cent.
However, the advanced prices of all goods coming within
these categories indicates a higher1 aggregate cost rather
than a larger volume of business. Imports from the United
States amounted to $5,279,943, or 53 per cent of the total ;
the United Kingdom furnished $1,872,639, or 19 per cent;
and the remaining 28 per cent consisted of the combined
imports from all other countries. In 1916 the percentages
were as follows: United States, 55 per cent; United
Kingdom, 24 per cent ; other countries, 21 per cent.

fANUARY, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

Chandler, Hupmobile and Dodge Brothers'

Limousines are Cars of Comfort

in all Seasons.

You may laugh at the rain and the snow, or at the winds— if you have
one of our Limousines. In fair weather or foul there are no better Cars than
the^e.

They are of handsome lines and finish. Luxuriously upholstered,
uncommonly restful and comfortable. The highest development of the
modern coach-maker's art, mounted on the famoits CHANDLER,
HUPMOBILE and DODGE BROTHERS' CHASSIS, and equipped with
distinguished marvellous motors. The finest Limousines in Town.

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Operating
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TRACK LAYER IS NEW DEVICE ON TRUCK. MASS PRODUCTION CAUSES BRITISH MERGER

American Invention Solves Sand and Muddy Road
Problem.

There is about to be placed on the American market an
••attachment for trucks, known as the Gregory track layer for
tracks, which will open up an entirely new field for truck
operation.

Today truck users throughout the country are not
receiving the service from their trucks that they should. Un-
less fields are very dry farmers are unable to get around over
them with their motor equipment. In sandy and swampy
localities it is necessary to keep the good roads with trucks
and convey loads to them in the best way possible.

The Gregory track-layer for trucks is an attachment
similar to the caterpillar tractor and the tank method of
locomotion that can be installed on any truck in from two
i» two and one-half hours without altering the truck, which
entirely overcomes the present difficulty in hauling loads
over loose, sandy or muddy ground.

This attachment gives 100 per cent service under all
conditions.

The saving of labor in places where it is necessary to
liaul loads out to hard roads and transfer same to trucks
varies with locations, but is a very large item.

Four Well Known English Companies Consolidate to
Fight American Competition.

Feared invasion of the American car in foreign territory
has prompted the merger of four large British c oncerns
which will enter upon mass production in order to fight the
serious rivalry which the American car presents. The fol-
lowing firms are interested in this consolidation : Harper
Sons and Bean (Ltd.) of Dudley, Tipton and Smethwick ;
Swift (Ltd.) of Coventry; Vulcan Motor and Engineering
Co. of Southport; and the British Motor Trading Corp.

Harper Sons and Bean are manufacturers of the Bean
car, which is based on the Perry light-car design, and was
introduced through the motor exhibition. Swift's is an old
and well-established concern ; the Vulcan has new produc-
tions, a 16-horsepower model, a 12-horsepowers light car,
and an 8 cylnder chassis, also making their first apparance
at the exhibit. The British Motor Trading Corp. is the
recently formed company, interested in acting as wide dis-
tributng agents, and has acquired considerable control over
various large existing agencies. Its capital is $9,733,000.

The capital of this combination, it is believed, will be
$29, 199, 999 divided into three million ordinary and three-
million eight per cent, participating preference shares of
£1. Representatives of each of the amalgamating concerns
will be on the board of directors.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOK.

Januaey, 1920.

SHANGHAI'S PIONEER TRUCK TRANSPORTATION.

The Possibilities of Transporting Merchandise With Motor Fleet Recognized By P. H. Neubourg.

A portion of the Tmok Fleet of the China Garage Company.

Up until August 1919 the services of the motor track
had been enlisted by only a few of Shanghai's various in-
dustrial interests, motor cars had long been in use for public
service but the utilization of the motor freighter as a public
service conveyance of cargo and merchandise had not been
conceived, or if conceived had not found realization. Many
were convinced of the possibilities of truck transportation in
other countries but as in the case of many other developments
thought China and Shanghai not "far enough along" to
venture forth into any such service.

However, looking toward the future development of
business in Shanghai and the increasing demand for safe
and rapid transportation of cargo, P. H. Neubourg,
manager of the China Garage Company of Shanghai, took
the first step forward as a pioneer in the organization of a
public truck transportation service and in August, 1919,
the first of the yellow fleet bearing the name of the C. G. C.
Truck Service appeared on the streets of the city. They
were soon followed by others and taking the lead of this
organization other trucking lines were established until the
city of Shanghai has at present not one but several com-
mercial motor freight companies.

Subsequent developments have done much to sub-
stantiate the belief which was Mr. Neuhourg's when the
truck service was begun. The fleet of the China Garage
Company from a small beginning now employs from twenty
to twenty-five trucks, practically all of the Eepublic make,
that truck having been found the most satisfactory under
all conditions after a series of experiments by Mr. Neubourg.
The truck capacities run from one to three and one-half tons.

The fleet is now engaged in the transportation of
general cargo and merchandise within the city of Shang-
hai, such as heretofore has been carried only by wheel- -
barrow and coolie cart. As the sendee progresses other
modern equipment is being added such as cranes and other -
mechanical devices which will facilitate loading and the
cutting down in other ways of the lost time of transporta-
tion and in increasing the daily tonnage and efficiency of
the organization.

The crew of each truck, under ordinary circumstances-,
is one driver and four coolies. Under exceptional circum-
stances the crew is enlarged to take care of the work in hand.
The haulage has been so systematized by Mr. Neubourg that-
coohes are stationed at each end of the journey loading and.
unloading and under common conditions, it has been found'
by the China Garage Company that one truck will make
fully four trips to one of the string carts, hitherto employed
for freightage, without the attendant loss of time in traffic-
delays or the breakage and loss from the merchandise trans-
ported.

Speaking of the development of motor truck transporta-
tion in Shanghai both present and future, Mr. Neubourg said,
recently :

"When the truck transportation service of the China-
Garage Compamy was first inaugiu-ated there were many
who shook their heads dubiously and advised us not to*
undertake such a venture as Shanghai was not far enough,
along in its development to support such a fleet. They
also held up the cheap labor of the wheelbarrow and string
cart coolies as a competition which could not be coped with'
by a more expensive truck organization.

January, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

"However, while our fleet has only been in operation
since August of last year, the returns up to date have been
sufficient to satisfy us that there is room for a commercial
motor freight service in Shanghai and that the future of
that service is such that within a very short time all of
the haulage within the city of Shanghai, with few excep-
tions, will be by truck.

"We have met with opposition naturally both from
the owners of the wheelbarows and string carts and from
foreign firms who fail to realize what truck transportation
means to them. They have become accustomed through
the use of years of string carts and wheelbarrows and they
cannot understand the increased efficiency of the truck and
what it will mean to them. Others taking the humane side
of the argument have opposed the establishment of the
service because of the fact that many wheelbarrow and cart
coolies will be thrown out of employment.

"The latter argument contains many fallacies because
at the present time in Shanghai there are about 3,000 string
carts. (The trucks needed to perform' the same service
would be approximately 1,000 allowing for the added in-
crease in tonnage of the next five or ten years; Each truck
of our service carries four coolies, which would mean that
1,000 trucks would furnish employment for 4,000 or more
coolies in addition to the drivers. The remaining coolies,
estimating 4 to 5 to a cart, could find employment as
stevedores, there being a shortage of such labor at present
on the water front. Thus all of the coolies would not be
thrown out of employment and many would be given
better positions since we pay a bonus in our service for
increased efficiency and the number of trips made by each
truck and its crew daily.

"The truck is and will be in the future one of the most
vital factors in the industrial and commercial development
of Shanghai and China generally. Particularly will this be true
when road development is realized in this country and motor
truck trains will be speeding inland carrying merchandise
to points which have hitherto been untouched. Many
persons realize this now but the trend of development will
bring the realization to all vitally concerned in the pro-
press of China."

One type of Truck used in Hie C. G. G. Truck Service

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OPEN VISION SLIT PROVIDED BY DOUBLE
WINDSHIELD.

An automobile windshield designed to exclude rain,
snow, and drafts, without obstructing the driver's view,
even by glass, is being placed on closed cars of a well-known
American make. Three panes of glass are used. Two of
these are pivoted in a slanting frame, while a third is in-
stalled at the bottom of a vertical frame back of the other.
The frames meet at the front of the roof, and are approxi-
mately 10 in. apart on the cowl. By pushing forward the

Three Panes . of
Glass arranged in
Two Frames Make
the Double Wind-
shield.

front panes until their edges are separated about 2 in., a
vision slit on a level with the eyes of the person at the
wheel is provided. When the machine is in motion a
vacuum is created between the two sections of the wind-
shield, with the result that air is drawn out of the car body,
instead of being forced into it.

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLYER KILLED.

Sir John Alcock, the hero of the Transatlantic flight,
has met his death in a tragic manner while flying from
London to Paris. The airman was flying in a heavy fog
near Rouen when he struck a tree and was killed.

AUTO INDUSTRY IN BELGIUM.

Before the war there were twelve automobile factories
in Belgium, located in the neighborhood of Liege, Cbarleroi,
Brussels, and Antwerp, employing 4,000 to 5,000 men.
The annual production, chiefly private oars and motorcycles,
approximated 4,500 to 5,000 automobiles and chassis and
7,000 to 8,000 motorcycles, with a total value of some
111,000,000.

Mass production in series of standard types of automobile
is not characteristic of the Belgian plants, but special atten-
tion is given to the construction of engines and to satisfying
the foreign market, especially South America, as to form and
decoration.

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AMERICAN SOLUTION OF GERMAN TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

Are you a nervous motorist, panic-sticken every time
•your car just misses running down a child playing ia the
road? Here's what they did to solve the problem in
'Coblenz, Germany, according to a Red Cross worker there
;just returning from war service.

"In Coblenz," she says, "the situation became most
:annoying. The children would play in the streets in spite
•of all admonishments. It was particularly harrowing and
nerve-racking for army motor truck chauffeurs, who came
'whizzing along on official business to stop and pick their
vway through the throngs.

'"At last some one suggested a way to keep the children

from the roads. Public notices were posted up announcing
that all children found playing in the middle of the road
reserved for conveyances would be publicly spanked. If
the offence was committed again the child's father would be
given three months of hard labor. That was to impress it
on the parent's mind.

"There were six cases. Six children were publicly
spanked, with a representative of every family in the town
present. The father was asked to officiate, which he did
with such ardent enthusiasm that the Americans were com-
pelled to ask him to stop. The rest of the children stayed
out of the roads after that, and not a father was sentenced
to three months at hard labor."

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January, 1920.

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AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN HOPS FROM
ENGLAND HOME.

Captain Ross Smith Crosses Europe and Asia in
Ten Days Flying Time.

Another chapter has been added to the advance of"
modern aviation by the flight of Captain Boss Smith,
Australian airman, from Hounslow, England, to Port
Darwin, Australia, in ten days flying time. An interesting,
feature of the air jump is the fact that it was done with,
comparatively little preparation.

After waiting several days for a favourable turn in the-
weather Captain Smith took the air on the morning o£
November 15 and started across the Channel to map out by
the actual flying a transcontinental air route across Europe;
and Asia to his home land of Australia.

The record of the flight as given by the "Sydney Sun"'
runs :

"Started in inclement weather. Food frozen, too hard"
to eat. . . . Got bogged while starting off from Pisa on;
November 14th, owing to rainstorms ; was imprisoned in<
machine all day. Finally restarted on November 15th."

The start was sensational, the mechanic holding the tail"
down until the machine was working. He then made a
running jump into the cockpit and was hauled aboard as the-
machine was leaving the ground.

Bain and storm were encountered most of the way to>
Singapore. The diary records continuously "Vimy going,
perfectly."

At Bamadie a gale was experienced on the night of
November 20th, and the machine was pegged down. It
was an anxious time. The troops turned out and held the
machine down for two hours.

The "first decent weather" was met at Bunder Abbas-
on November 21st, which "cheered all considerably."

Captain Smith rested all day November 26th, at Delhi.

He was escorted for 50 miles from Bangkok on Decem-
ber 2nd by four Siamese and for three hours, at an altitude-
of five hundred feet, were unable to land and blinded by rain
"the worst conditions encountered."

The landing at Singora aerodrome was "bad and
stumpy," and the machine's tail fitting was broken. The-
inhabitants were very excited at seeing their first aeroplane.

The final entry in the diary is that of December 4th,.. \
Captain Eoss Smith's birthday when he arrived at Singa-
'pore. He writes "Hope Port Darwin December 10th."
'therefore he arrived a day ahead of his expectations. —
While not as spectacular as the trans- Atlantic flight, Captain:
Smith's performance is of substantial gain to the develop-
ment of commercial aviation and will do much toward the

i
establishment of a permanent air route from England to»

Australia, a route which is now impossible except by sea.
\t will also give an impetus to the working plans of com-
mercial aviation in the other countries of the world.

January, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOK.

GETTING THE FUR COAT OUT OF THE MOTH

BALLS SHOULD BE A REMINDER THAT

YOUR AUTOMOBILE BATTERY NEEDS

A LITTLE EXTRA ATTENTION.

"The average motorist," sadd the Manger of the
Shanghai 'Exide' Service Station, the other morning, "is
a queer combination of sound commonsense and unsound
easy goingness. And what parts of his car he never sees
or hears a complaint from he is most prone to neglect. And
that, of course, is mainly why the starting battery suffers —
it never complains.

"It does its work, right up to the point where it has
nothing more to give, under the most negligent and cruel
treatment. But, of course by the time it has reached such
a point it is in mighty bad shape, and building it up again
is going to cost Mr. Careless Motorist a penny that he might
very well have saved himself.

"And all this in spite of the fact that we are con-
tinually writing our customers — talking to them, sending
them folders and circulars on the subject of getting better
performance and longer life from the battery and keeping-
down big repair bills by giving it the right kind of service
at the right time. Eight now we are sending out a little
folder showing the importance of giving- the battery proper
storage when the car is laid up for the Winter. It has been
the bad habit of many automobile owners at the approach
of cold weather to simply run the old bus, fully equipped,
into the garage and then lock the door upon it till next
Spring.

"Certainly so far as the battery is concerned, this is a
mighty poor proceeding. Inside of the battery, owing to
its chemical nature, a certain sort of action and reaction is
continually taking place, even when it is idle. For this
reason it demands certain attention at regular periods. This
attention can best be given it when it is stored under such
conditions and superintendence as only the battery expert
can give it. Because of this, we advise our customers, to
remove their batteries from their cars, sending them to us
to be stored and cared for in our storage department. The
cost of Winter storage is. small and there is assurance that
nothing detrimental can happen to the battery during Jack
Frost's Reign."

CALCUTTA LIKES MOTORS.

Automobiles are now being used quite extensively in
Calcutta, India. There are now licensed to operate 4,617
motor cars, 1,276 motorcycles, 109 motor lorries, and 585
taxicabs. Road conditions are good generally.

There is no need of wondering where you can purchase
motors and motor supplies. Look at The Buyer's Ee-
ference Guide, an up-to-date record of dealers and their
lines published each month at the back of the issue of "Tne
Oriental Motor."

PRIVATE
INSTRUCTION

Given by an Expert Foreign
Driver and Mechanician. Course
for Driving only or to include full
Instruction in Care, Adjusting
and Maintenance as desired.

Hours to suit pupils

For further particulars
Apply; " Instructor'
c/o Oriental Motor.

HETHERLANDS GOTTJ-PERCHJS CO.

SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS

SINGAPORE— SOURABAYA— BATAVIA— CALCUTTA— SHANGHAI.

Vulcanizing Compound and Canvas
Radiator Hose

Rubber Matting

Motor Pump Tubing

Solid Tires

Large stocks at our Shanghai Offices and Stores

17 MUSEUM ROAD, SHANGHAI.

TALCUM POWDER WILL REMOVE GREASE
SPOTS.

Grease or oil spots on clothing may be cleaned, if they
have not been allowed to stay too long, by sprinkling the
spot with talcum powder, which should be well rubbed in.
After the first layer is rubbed into the cloth sprinkle more
powder over the spot and let the garment stay for two or
three hours. This gives the talcum a chance to soak up
the grease. Then brush the spot briskly with a stiff brush
and usually the offending stain will depart. It is important
to apply this treatment while the spot is fresh.

THE OEIBNTAL MOTOE.
MILLIONS WASTED IN TIRES.

January, 1920.

Lack of Knowledge Causes Discard Before Full Service is Obtained.

"The value of the tires thrown away last year before
they had given all their mileage totals a sum large enough
to build three good transcontinental highways across the
United States, according to H. C. Steiner, China representa-
tive of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

"Three fourths of this enormous waste can be saved
by the proper use and care of tires, and tire manufacturers
are just as eager as car owners themselves to see this waste
eliminated."

"For, if the use of motor cars is to become more uni-
versal in China, they must be made more and more
economical. This means that cars and their equipment must
be used and cared for properly. Particularly does this apply
to tires."

"The first essential toward utmost mileage — minimum
tire expense — is to select the proper make and type of tire.
Then follows the selection of the correct size and determining
the proper inflation pressure. This is made easy by trie
following table which was worked out by the Experimental
Department of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Proper Loads and Inflation Pressures for
Pneumatic Tires

Note — Pressure depends not alone on the tire's size but

also on the load it is to carry

AMERICAN SIZES

Gross Carrying Capacity of

Goodyear Tires

Infl.

Press.

TIKE SECTION DIAMETEE

C'rd

Fab

c 3 in.

250

3| in.

4 in. 4

1 in. j

5 in,

5|in.

6 in.

290

360

335

410

500

375

460

560

675

415

515

625

750

875

1000

1140

460 '

565

690

825

960

1100

1255

500!

615

750

900

1050

1200

1370

670

815

975

1135

1300

1480

720

875 I

1050

1225

1400

1595

940

1125

1310

1500

1710

i !

1000

1200

1400

1600

1825

1275

1485

1700

1940

) i

1350

1570

1800

2050

! 1 !

1660

1900

2165

10(

) 1 1

2000 2280

The

se pressures are minimum

, not m

aximum

MILLIMETER SI

ZES

M
bs..

,/M

85 90

105

120

135 150

35 ]

350 ! 370

i i

395

420|

525

< 1

445

470

588

720

...1 500

•530

655

800

945

1140

i t

...! 545

580

725

885

1040

1255

i i

...'! 595

630

790

940

1130

1370

< i

... ! 645

690

855

I 960

! 1225

1480

... i 695

740

920

1120

| 1310

1595

990

1200

1415

1710

i
i

1050

1280

1510

1925

< i

1285

1575

1940

1
i

! 1440

1700

2050

1 1

1790

2165

100

1 1890

2280

"It will be found from the above table that if the tires
of a car equipped with 34 x 4 inch tires are inflated to 75
pounds pressure each tire will have a carrying capacity of
940 pounds while if only 50 pounds pressure is used the
carrying capacity on the same tire decreases to 625 pounds or
a total carrying weight for the four tires of only 2500 pounds
and a greater load will cause the side-walls to break down and
the tire will blow-out eventually.

"In working out the table it is well to consider the fact
that usually the rear tires carry more weight than the front
ones and in order to determine the division accurately it is
advisable to weigh the front and rear separately, with a
normal load. If this cannot be done, for all practical pur-
poses 60 per cent, can be calculated as the average weight on
the rear and 40 per cent, on the front."

"If the car owner will interest himself sufficiently in
his tires to determine the required pressure and then pur-
chase a pressure guage and check his inflation personally at
least once a week he has taken a big step in securing greater
tire mileage. Unfortunately the great percentage of owners
leave this matter entirely to the chauffeur and it has been
my experience that in 90 per cent, of the instances where
this is done in Shanghai the chauffeur is not inflating the
tires to the required pressure. , I have also found that for
some reason the chauffeur, particularly in the summer time
has a fear of putting too much air into the tires. Investiga-
tion has proven that on the hottest days the increased pres-
sure will not exceed 10 per cent, and this is so small that it
can be left out of consideration entirely. There is a much
greater danger of under-inflation than over-inflation and
since a 4 inch tire where the recommended pressure is usually
about 80 pounds is tested out at 150 pounds pressure before
leaving the factor}7 there is a safety factor here of two to one .

"When cars are equipped with enclosed bodies, thus
adding greatly to the total weight it is important that this
extra weight be taken into consideration in purchasing tire
equipment.

"One sure way of avoiding overloading is to equip with
oversize tires, for a large tire requires less inflation pressure
for a given load than a smaller tire.

"And not only axe oversize tires easier riding but they
more than pay for their higher cost by the greater mileage
they deliver."

"This chart showing regular sizes with their oversizes
which will fit the same rims will be valuable to the motorist
who is interested in reducing tire expense."

The figures in heavy type show the ideal load per wheel for eaeh size
of Tire named, and constitute the specification from which maximum riding-
comfort is obtained.

INCH SIZES.

Kegular

Oversize

30x3

31x31

30x3*

31x4

32x3-1-

33x4

32x4

33x4J

34x4

35x41

32x41

33x5

34x4ft-

35x5

36x41

37x5

MILLIMETEB SIZES

650x65

700x80

700x85 '

'710x90

750x85

760x90

810x90

815x105

815x120

875x105

920x120

January, 1926.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOB.

820x120
880x120
895x135
935x135

820x135
880x135
895x150
935x150

"To illustrate the use of this table in connection with

'the load and inflation table we will note that the carrying

capacity of an 815x105 millimeter tire at 70 pounds pressure

is 920 pounds. Oversizing with an 815x120 millimeter tire

'we find that" the same pressure gives a carrying capacity of

'1120 pounds per 'tire or an increase of 800 pounds for all

four tires.

"Many motorists do not know how much their tires are
costing per mile of service. In order to facilitate determining
this cost The Goodyear Tire & Eubber Company recently
prepared this chart."

(COST PER MILE CHART).

Column "A"

Initial
Tire Cost.

fclQO.OO T

$90.00

$80.00 --
$70.00 -\~

$60;.00
$50 00 --

.00 --

Column "B'

Tire Cost

Per Mile

$30.00

$20.00 --

S15.00 --

$10.00
$9.00
$8.00
$7.00

$6.00
$5.00

10.0
9.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0

4.0 -Er

3.0 --

2.0 __

1.0

.80

.60
.50

.40 '■
.30.

tc Cents
n

.20 —

ol0

.08

.06
.04

Column "C"

Tire
Mileage

-_ 1000

_. 1500

-- 2000

3000

4000

5000
6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

12000
14000
16000
18000

'. 20000

TO FIND your tire cost per mile, you must first know trie initial
cost of your tire and the mileage you have received.
' Then, by stretching a thread or rubber band from the point in the
first column representing your initial tire cost, to the point in the third
column representing your tire mileage, your tire cost per mile may be
read at the point of intersection in the second column.

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OUR POLICY COVERS EVERYTHING THAT

CAN POSSIBLY HAPPEN TO A CAR

ALSO

COVERS LIABILITY TO THE THIRD PARTY

BEFORE INSURING YOUR CAR GET OUR RATES

PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS

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7, Avenue Edward YII. Shanghai

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General Managers.

Agencies :

TIENTSIN, 45, Rue de France.

HANKOW, Anderson, Meyer & Co.
PEKING, Regine's Building.

HONGKONG, Gerin, Drevard & Co.
BANGKOK, E. C. Monod & Co.

TIRES GET TEN-TON ROAD BUMPS.

When a car that is rolling along at a speed of twenty-
five miles an hour strikes a stone or bad bump, the tire
receives a blow at the point of impact of nine or ten tons
in force. Many drivers who would regard it as an insane
proposition to strike one of their inflated tires a blow with
a ten-ton hammer, ride merrily along day after day in their
cars, taking no pains whatever to avoid the bumps. Even
the best tires give way in time under such treatment.

Kindly mention

"THE ORIENTAL MOTOR"
when referring to advertisements.

"In China more so than in the States it is advisable to
buy the quality casing or tube as the freight cost is just as
great on an inferior tire as on one of the best quality. For
this'reason we advocate the use of Cord tires and Heavy
Tourist tubes in the Export Field and given the proper care,
the car owner can readily prove to his own satisfaction, with
the aid of the cost per mile chart, why it is more economical
to buy the better tire."

THE OEIENTAIi MOTOE. January, 1920.

A SPEED EVENT FOR FRANCE.

INSURANCE

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Accident and Sickness.

Fidelity Guarantee

AND

MOTOR CARS

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Total funds exceed £32,000,000.

China Branch Office ;

UNION BUILDING.

4, The Bund, Shanghai.

Oxy- Acetylene Welding

Why?

Because

1, Insures against long Shutdowns.

2. Saves the Pieces, Welds all Metals any size, shape

of weight.

3. Prevents buying of New Parts,

4, Oxy • Acetylene is indispensable to the Metal

Industry,

5, A Good Oxy-Acetylene Welder is an

asset to a community.

6. When a breakdown puts your Machinery out of

commission, no other method of repair is as
efficient.

Write or Phone to

China Oxy-Acetylene Welding Works

Phone N. 2831 Works 684 East Broadway

SHANGHAI

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FOE

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR

Inter- Allied Motor Meeting is Planned for 1920.

France in her post-war relaxation is planning in an inter-
national meeting of speed cars and drivers on a course, of
700 to 750 kilometres over the new "Circuit" course just out
sid^ of the city of Le Mans, north of Tours. The Automo-
bile Cub de la Sarthe et de'l Ouest has announced its inten-
tion of organizing the "Giand Prix de France," which will
be driven over this course during the early part of September,
1920. . : ..

The rules governing the race will be for engines of the
"three litre" maximum type), and weight of the complete
car, empty, 750 kilogrammes minimum.

French manufacturers have taken up the announcement
and a number have signified their intention of entering cars
in the competition, among whom are the firms of Peugeot,
Delage, Ballot, Gnome-Rhone, Eolland-Pilain and possibly
Kenault and Panhard.

From Italy is expected with an almost certainty repre-
sentatives of the Fiat plant and probably others. England
will have probably as her first entry a Sunbeam.

The American racing element is expected to be especial-
ly receptive to the inter- Allied meet. Packard, Chevrolet,
Frontenac, and other racing machines are said to, be favor-
able to entry.

The first prize will probably be worth approximately
100,000 francs, though no definite announcement has been
made to this effect. The club fostering the event is assured
that at least four or five nations will compete and that there
will b3 at the lowest estimate twelve to fifteen starters. On
the basis of tins, the event will undoubtedly assume larger
propoi tions in the circles of motor ear speedway followers in
many parts of the world.

In line with the coming event is also an agitation which
is being carried on at the present time with Paris, as its center
for a national motordrome or speedway near that city.
Suggestions have been made that one of the numerous
"aerodromes" near the city could be easily converted for
the purpose, making an excellent speedway of large pro^
portions. \ : }

French manufacturers are among those advocating the
plan since the condition of the road systems of France is
especially bad due to the ravages of the war and the lack
of time and facilities for mending them. This has caused
the manufacturer to look about for a place for testing his
machines and the motordrome in its spare moments fits
in admirably with this need.

Motor car accessories, but where can they be bought?
The Buyers' Reference Guide published each month on the
last page of "The Oriental Motor" gives information that
answers this and all other questions of where motors and
motor supplies may be obtained.

January, 1920. THE OEIENTAL MOTOR.

FRENCH MANUFACTURERS SPECIALIZE.

(By a Paris Correspondent.)

Much comment has been made about the Paris Salon,
and a certain surprise has been owing to the fact that the
majority of tbe best French manufacturers have launched
out upon specializing in comparatively expensivei chassis
and cars rather than turning their works over to the "mass
production" principle of construction.

In a few words this is easily explained. It has been
realized by the French industry that if every maker were
to turn their works on to the American idea of one model
only, making theim in thousands, the European market
would ultimately be swamped with automobiles and
"cheapness" would be the only interesting feature.

It must be understood that it is practically impossi-
ble for the French manufacturers to compete with American
methods on the system of assembling at the "mother
works," with the splendid American organization of factories
being fed by ready-made components from scores of adjacent
factories, which1 in recent years have grown up into
gigantic plants by specializing either in motors, gears, axles,
chassis frames, bodies and other parts.

American methods of organization and standardization
with specialized component parts and assembling are not
yet ripe in Europe, and possibly much less so in France
than in any other country.

It is well known that the leading French automo-
bile firms make virtually all their component parts through-
out their own works, and each one is fitting their own
particular engine, not having such an enormous corporation
as the Continental Motors Co., of Detriot to draw from.

It is, therefore, not surprising that the French manu-
facturers should specialize in their own particular product,
which certainly has the advantage of keeping the automobile
industry supplied with high-class, splendidly finished, if
actually expensive, chassis or complete cars.

LITERATURE AND PUBLICATIONS
RECEIVED.

Post and Lester Company, Hartford, Conn., accessories
catalog.

Hartford Metal Products Co., Hartford, Conn., catalog

Brown Brothers, London, Broldt Electric starting and
lighting system, catalog.

Leo Swain, London, accessories catalog.

Jones Motor Car. Co., Wichita, Kan., pictures, liter-
ture and catalog. (

Buick instruction book issued by General Motors Com-
pany, New York.

' Hall— Thompson Co., Hartford, Conn., Wonder-
Worker finishes, catalog and prices.

Eegent Motorcycles, Ltd., London, advance catalog.

Mr. ROCKEFELBILT to his CHAUFFEUR :

"Tom, you just wait me at the corner
while I drop in the Tobacconist's to purchase
a box of the BEAUTY CIGARETrES
otherwise, I may not be able to hold myself
till we reach the Club House."

The reply wass

" Yessir, but may I have a smoke on the
way, too?"

JManyang Bros. Tobacco Co., Ltd.

HEAD OFFICE
12, Nanking Road, Shanghai.

MONCHEN- GARAGE

Azabu-Dori, No. 1. Phone 608.

TSINCTAU.

Agents for : —

Scripps- Booth Cars,

Studebaker Cars,

Stearns Cars,

Savage Tires

ALL STUDEBAKER CARS

USED ON HIRE SERVICE.

THE OKIENTAL MOTOB.

Januaby, 1920.

CLEVELAND

LIGHT
WEIGHT
MOTOR
CYCLES

Light in Weight— Light on Gasoline— Light in Price

Are three salient points which should appeal to every purchaser of a Motor Cycle in China,"
especially that of Gasoline consumption. And the CLEVELAND does 75 MILES to the
gallon.

2T/3 H.P., 2-Stroke Motor. Straight Line Worm Drive.

Kick Starter. Weight 160 lbs.

Price Tis. 180 cash or TIs. 190 on time payments.

The Ideal Machine for Shanghai and Outports.

DONG CHONG BICYCLE Co.

P. 346 NANKING EOAD SHANGHAI 'PHONE C. 1518

Also Agents for

B.S.A., Reading Standard and Emblem Motor Cycles

SHANGHAI'S NEWEST GARAGE
HIRE SERVICE ONLY

ALL NEW HUPPS

Catering to that Class of Trade that
Desires the Best.

GREAT NORTHERN GARAGE Co.

SHANGHAI. 14, Astor Road

'Phone: N. 1463.

CYCLISTS FIRST MOTORISTS TO CROSS
SOUTH AMERICA.

Feat of Chileans Over " Impassable " Territory
Demonstrates Possibilities in China.

With the present system of wheelbarrow paths and
narrow roadways impassable to automobiles in China the
motorcycle has been advocated as the logical automotive
vehicle for cross country travel. Coming as a clinching point
to this advocation is the feat of two South Americans who
recently crossed their own continent over routes called im-
passable. Their feat is a step forward for the motorcycle; an
addition to its admirable record of the war over shell torn
roads and under intense artillery fire.

The trail blazed by the motorcycle across the South
American continent extended from Santiago, Chile, to

Januaby, 1920.

THE OBIENTAL MOTOR.

THE LATEST BRITISH CYCLE.

A new departure in motor-
cycle construction in the Regent
Classic, just on the British
market. The new machine has
a 5-7 horsepower engine tvith
horizontally opposed twin
cylinders, three speeds with a
five to one ratio on high, »
hick starter, and disc 'wheels.
Rakish lines give it a sporting
appearance. The announced
price from the factory is £115
10s.

Buenos Aires, Brazil, approximately 1,000 miles and the
journey was made more significant by the carrying of a side
car and a passenger. Two brothers, Benjamin and Maximo
Ulloca, motorcycle, enthusiasts with courage and vision, made
this colossal journey through wilderness, swamp lands, sand,
riding many miles on railroad embankments where there
were no roads to travel on, crossing the range of the Andes,
for the first time in the history of South America, completing
a journey such as this, replete with dangers and exhaustive
hardships, from ocean to ocean.

These two brothers undertook and made this journey in
the face of the greatest obstacles, purely in the interests of
good sport. No prizes were theirs, nor offered for the under-
taking ; they made no personal gain by putting themselves
to the test "of this grilling endurance run. But such was
their success that the National Motorcyclist Club of Brazil
has voted to give them gold, and silver medals commemorat-
ing the feat.

From Puente del Inca to Upsallata, a distance of eighty
kilometers, the young men rode on the railroad embank
ment, there being no road. Upon reaching Upsallata, they
were lavishly entertained and special motorcycle races were
held in their honor.

A short distance from Mendoza, in a pouring rain,
they attempted to go through a swamp, but the machine
sank into the morass and the motor sucked in quantities
of mud and water before it stopped. This necessitated
rather a complete overhauling before continuing the journey,
consuming four days.

From then on the journey was completed through un-
usual hardships, the riders passing through safely, though
with difficulty, to Buenos Aires, winning the distinction of
being first to cross the South American Continent on a motor
vehicle. The entire journey took about a month. What
has been done by these two South American pioneers could

GET A BICYCLE

FOR YOUR

BOY OR GIRL

Well built, sturdy Machines made to
stand any kind of treatment.

A Gift that will last for years.

SQUIRES-BINGHAM & Go.

17 Nanking Road, Shanghai.
" The Store of Quality "

be easily accomplished in China since the topography of this
country is not so forbidding as that of the land traversed by
them. The development of the motorcycle field in China
has as yet received only passing notice but the passing of the
next few years should see it one of the most profitable in
automotive sales.

THE OMENTAL MOTOE.

January, 1920.

BURR PHOTO Co

COMMERCIAL
PHOTOGRAPHY

AND

PORTRAITURE

KODAKS— FILMS
DEVELOPING & PRINTING

FILMS DEVELOPED
FREE OF CHARGE

PHOTO SUPPLIES AND PICTURE FRAMING.

STUDIO

2 BROADWAY. 'Phone N. 2392.

SHANGHAI.

PHOTOGRAPHERS TO

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR

AIRPLANES STILL IN DEMAND.

WONG AH.ZAI

EXPERT

REPAIRING and OVERHAULING

OF ALL MAKES

MOTOR CARS, MOTOR CYCLES

AND

GASOLENE ENGINES

SHANGHAI.
P.512 N. HONAN ROAD

Phone N. 465

THE SUNDAY ORGAN

FOR

ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE IN SHANGHAI

LLOYD'S WEEKLY."

ONLY THREE DOLLARS A YEAR.

Those who see no future in commercial aviation are
dealt with totally by the "Aerial Age Weekly," New York,
as follows : —

"One of these chronic pessimists who have been stand-
ing in the way of aeronautic progress was arguing with Mr.
Glenn H. Curtiss that he could not see much of a future for
civilian aviation.

" T don't know anybody who is buying an airplane.' he
said, with a tone of finality, and apparently fully convinced
that his argument was unanswerable.

" 'Do you know anybody who is buying a piano?' in-
quired Mr- Curtiss.

"Of course he did not, nor do you, gentle reader- You

do not ever know anybody who is buying a Ford or a hat or

a pair of shoes. Yet the piano-factories are as busy as
ever — and the last report had it that Herny Ford had paid

the best part of one hundred million dollars for the minority

stock of the Ford company.

"Nevertheless, over five hundred airplanes have been
sold and delivered to individual owners since March, 1919,
and the reason not over that number have been delivered is
that the manufacturers could not produce faster. The
demand is as great for $7,500 pleasure airplanes as it is for
$2,500 airplanes. A great many buyers acquired Curtiss
training airplanes because they could not get the Oriole type
of pleasure airplane — or any other type.

"The first Oriole was. built for the Second Pan-
American Aeronautic Exposition, which was held at
Atlantic City in May, 1919. It will be recalled Roland
Rohlfs flew it to Atlantic City on May 1 in a storm, carrying
the Hon. Victor Hugo BaiTanco, special representative of
the President of Cuba, as passenger. By June the demand
for this type of machine caused the Curtiss Company to put
it in production. It was decided to build ten, then twenty,
then thirty-five, then one hundred and thirty-five. We will
not give away a trade secret by stating the present number
of Orioles and flying-boats sold to-day, but we may state that
over one hundred people are waiting patiently — and some
impatiently — for deliveries-

"Here is another case. A well-known veteran aviator
secured the agency for second-hand military training air-,
planes and inserted five advertisements in "Aerial Age." He
got over four hundred orders and inquiries — but has been
unable to get airplanes fast enough k> fill the orders. An-
other "Aerial Age" advertiser had only one airplane to sell
and wanted $7,500 for it. He sold it — and had a score of pro-
spective customers to spare."

January, 1920. THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION ERECTING $37,000,000 HOME.

The Neiv Home of the General Motors Company, Detroit.

More than $37,000,000.00 is being expended by the
General Motors Corporation for new construction and expan-
sion of its present great works in the United States.

Of the total amount appropriated more than $5,000,-
000.00 has been set aside for the erection of an immense
fifteen story general office building in Detriot, with a research
laboratory five stories in height by its side.

This structure will be known as the Durant Building, so
named by the associates of Mr. W. C. Durant, President of
General Motors, who in America, is called the "Father of
the Automobile Industry."

The Durant Building will have a total actual office space
of 875,000 square feet, while the total floor space of the
building will be 1,200,000 square feet, equivalent to 30 acres.
It will be approximately the same size as the office building
that is now the largest in the world and will be far larger
than any building whose space is used entirely by one
business organization. Nearly 11,000 persons will be ac-
commodated on the office floors in addition to the occupants
of the ground and top floors where sales rooms, service
station, etc., will be placed.

The building will occupy a plot of ground appi-oximately
500 ft. by 400 ft. The office building proper will be 500 ft.
long 250 ft. wide. The laboratory building will be 50 ft. by 60
ft., and is to be equipped with the most highly developed
apparatus science has evolved for testing materials and manu-
factured units in all stages of production.

In the main building there axe to be approximately 2500
offices, each 20x16 ft. The top floor will be used for dining
rooms and club rooms for both employes and officials.
Thirty-two elevators will be required to transport the
occupants of this building to and from their offices.

The motor cars manufactured by the General Motor
Corporation, in addition to a number of important automobile
accessories are the following :

Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Oakland,
Scripps- Booth, GMC Trucks and Samson Tractors.

Total production of these motor caps, trucks and tractors
for the present year will be no less than 550,000.

All the General Motors automotive manufacturing es-
tablishments, particularly those of the cars named above, will
benefit from the scientific laboratories now under construc-
tion. Every piece of material that enters into the making
of a motor car or other product manufactured by the General
Motors Corporation has in the past undergone numerous
tests to prove its goodness. "With the aid of this new labora-
tory, equipped with everything that science has been able
to devise, and such new apparatus as may be built from time
to time, it is not too much to hope that importnat discoveries
will be made in the General Motors laboratories that will do
even more to popularize the automobile, both by way of
lightening the weight of the car, and by using in it materials
now perhaps unknown.

AUTOISTS-LOOK t

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SAYES 25% to 50%
GASOLENE

Use 1 oz. "MOTORLIFE" to 5 gallon Gasolene
Also removes and prevents Carbon

INSURES
MOTOR EFFICIENCY

Price $2.00 Gold per 32 oz. Tin.

MADE BY

MOTORLIFE MANUFACTURING Co., Memphis, Teni).

SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA

THE CHINESE TRADING CO.

10 Ningpo Road, Shanghai.

56 THE OEIENTAL MOTOB

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

January, 1920V

Page

Alliance Assurance Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 34

Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd. , 33

Assurance Franco- Asiatique ... ... ... ... 49

Auto Castle 57

Auto Palace Co 37

Brilliant Electric Co. ... ... ... ... ... 56

Burr Photo Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 54

Central Garage Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 2

China Garage Co 17, 39

China Oxy- Acetylene Welding Co. ... ... ... ... 50

Chinese Optical Co. ... ... ... ... ... 40

Chinese Trading Co. ... ... .'*. ... ... 55

Commercial Transportation Co. ... ... ... ... 35

Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd. ... ... ... 50

Continental Imp. & Exp. Co. ... ... ... ... 40

Dong Chong Bicycle Co 52, 57

Dunlop Eubber Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... ... 4

E. A. Laboratories, Inc. ... ... ... ... ... 40

Eastern Garage ... ... ... ... ... ... 41

Excess Insurance Co., Ltd. ... ... 4th Cover

Feilung Garage Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 45

Furukawa & Co., Ltd. 25

General Ac. F. & L. As. Corp., Ltd 44

Goodrich Co., B. F 25

Goodyear Tire & Bubber Co. ... ... ... ... 21

Great Northern Garage Co. ... ... ... ...-52

Hbnigsberg & Co., Inc., H. S., ... ... ... ... 23 '

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. ... ... ... ... 34

Lazarus, N. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 44

Mencarini & Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... 1

Monchen Garage, Tsingtau ... ... ... ... ... 51

Morimura Garage Co. ... • ... ..." ... ... 38

National Optical Go. ... 36

Nanyang Bros. Tobacco Co. ... ... ... ... 51

Netherlands Gutta-Percha Co. ... ... ... .■* 47

North Br. & Mercantile Ins. Co., Ltd. ... ' 36

Ross & Co., Ltd., Alex - 36

Shanghai Automobile Co. ... ... ... ... ... 45

Shanghai Garage Co., Ltd ... ... ... 41

Shanghai Horse Bazaar & Motor Co., Ltd. ... ... 46

Sparke, C. E.,. Insurance ... ... ... 4th Cover

Squires, Bingham & Co. ... ... ... ... ... 53

Star-Garage ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 41'

Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd. ... ... ... 19

Vacuum Oil Company ... ... ... " 4th Cover

Wheelock & Co , .., ... 44 '

"Wong Ah Zai Repair Shops 54

Yangtsze Insurance Assn. Ltd. ... ... ... ... 38

TECON

MOTOR LAMPS

The Light that
never fails

SURE and DEPENDABLE

TEDDN ^e the Lamps you
AAAwwAJL Should always use.

You'll no longer ask WHY if you step in and
let our American College Graduate Expert
demonstrate their Superior efficiency to you. >

BRILLIANT ELEOTRiG COMPANY

The Home of lamps and Wiring Supplies
P 564 Nanking Ecad, Shanghai. Phone: Central 4907.

MOTORS IN BOMBAY.

The annual police report for 1918 of Bombay city con-
tains sorne figures interesting to motorists. During 1918
,the number of cars registered was 383, of which 148 were
of American manufacture. The total registrations in
Bombay, up to the end of 1918, were 6,912, including 229
heavy motor vehicles. These do not include the large
number olf cars imported during the present year* The
number of taxicabs was 250, a decrease of 44 since 1917.
These vehicles were thoroughly inspected twice during the
year and were maintained at a high standard, of efficiency
and comfort. Taximeters received special attention from
the police department, with the result that no complaint. of
overcharging was received from the public.

Driving licences numbering 5,132 were issued and 366
motor accidents occurred during the year. 'Of these -a little
over 10 per cent, were due to the drivers' fault. There were
altogether 535 persons injured, including. 39' fatal cases, ; 0f
the latter, 28 were due to the fault of the drivers, and three
were, doubtful. There were 321 prosecutions under the
Motor Vehicles Act, of which 269 ended in convictions ; 709
persons were warned by the police and 22 driving licences
were suspended.

jANUABYjl920.:

THE, OKIENTAL MOTOE.

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COMPLETE LINE OF ACCESSORIES.

All Kinds of Repairs Made Under Foreign Expert Supervision.

AUTOCASTLE,

(Opposite French Fire Station)
228 Avenue Joffre, Shanghai. 'Phone: C. 402.

THE UPBAISED HAND
No end of credit is due those men from
civilian persuits who so successfully master-
ed the regulation of Boston street traffic
during the police strike. A reported in-
cident of the Omaha riot period also is
noteworthy. It is that of the twelve-year-
old boy scout, who for eight hours handled
an important traffic post voluntarily and
alone, while the trouble was in progress.
The parallel between traffic regulation and
the invisible control exercised by etiquet
has often been drawn, and it should never
be forgotten. It is the upraised hand that
controls the vehicular movement at the
world's busiest corner, whether that be, as
alleged, at Columbus Circle, New York, or
elsewhere. Once that which it symbolizes
is clearly and generally understood — and
without disrespect to New York's " finest "
— it makes very little difference whose hand
it is that is raised. — "Automobile Topics."

IN FOEEIGN FIELDS
Glimpses of the shows at Paris and Lon-
don revealed the overseas makers still deter-
mined to produce cars in quantities, built
according to American manufacturing
methods, but still struggling with the
inevitable problems of mass production. A
further digest of the situation, pointed with
information reaching New York this week,
confirms this view, and further shows the
British builder in particular to be pretty
well held down by circumstances beyond
his control. Lest this lead to the assump-
tion that the American manufacturer is
destined to have things all his own way,
however, it is indicated that the tariff
question may shed new light on the sub-
ject before another year rolls by.

TOLEDO OWNEES EEAP BENEFITS
That "it's an ill wind that blows no
good " was demonstrated effectively in
Toledo during the recent trolley strike,
where it was estimated that 2,500 automo-
bile owners of that city who operated their

Always buy your

AUTO SUPPLIES

at money saving prices

FROM

DONG CHONG BICYCLE Co.

P346 Nanking Road, Shanghai.

Klaxon and Samson Horns also in Stock

GOODWEAR

TIRES
FEI LUNG GARAGE Co.

H. 153 Hupeh Road, Shanghai.

Just say you " Saw it in the

ORIENTAL MOTOR"

when writing advertisers.

OAKLAND

"SENSIBLE SIX"
CHINA GARAGE Co.

21 Foochow Boad, Shanghai.

Tfre$tone

Non-skid Tires

CENTRAL GARAGE CO.

2a, Jinkee Road, Shanghai.

WATCH

THE

ORIENTAL
MOTOR

For 1920

cars at ten cents a ride took in nearly
$250,000 in fares during the 27 days that
the trouble lasted. Conditions were not
so favorable to the merchants of the city
however, who are reported to have lost
approximately $50,000 a day.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

January, 1920.

BUYERS' REFERENCE GUIDE

The navies appearing in this Index arenot a part of the advertisers' contract, but are published as a matter of
convenience for our readers. The publishers assume no responsibility for errors or omissions.

PLEASURE CARS

See Page

Allen, Agents for 2

Anderson, ,, 2

Arrol-Johnston, „ 46

Austin, ,i 2

Berleit, „ 46

Brisooe, ,, 37

Buick, ,, 23

Cadillac. „ 23

Chandler, „ 41

Chevrolet, ,, • 23

Cunningham, ,, 23

Dodge Brothers, ,, 41

Elgin Six, „ 45

Fiat, „ 46

Haynes, ,, 17

Hupmobile, ,, 41

Jordan, >, 4^

Liberty Six, ,, 45

Harmon, ,, 23

Maxwell, ,. ••• 41

Mercer, ,, •••• 2

Milburn Electric, ,, 33

Moon, ,, 41

Oakland, ,, 17

Overland, ,, 2

Paige, ,, 57

Premier, ,, 41

Scripps-Booth, ,, 46

Standard, ,, 41

Stearns, ,, 46

Studebaker, „ 46

Stutz, i, 23

Templar, ,, 2

Willys-Knight, „ 2

COMMERCIAL CARS-TRUCKS

Clydesdale, Agents for 41

Dart, „ 23

Defiance, ,, 57

Denby, ,, 41

Duplex, ,, 23

Federal, „ 2

Garford, ,, 2

Maxwell, ,, 41

Paige, „ 57

Stewart, ,, 23

Thornycroft, ,, 46

Walker Electric, ,, 33

USED CARS

Auto Castle 55

TIRES

See Page

Dunlop Agents for 4

Firestone ,, 2

Fisk „ 41

Goodrich „ 27-39

Goodyear ,, 21-23-45

Howe ,, 41

Lee „ 2

Marathon ,, 17

Michelin ,, 37

North British ,, 41

R.O.M. „ 41

Savage ,, 46

Singapore Rubber Works 47

United States ,, 33

AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT

Auto Castle 57

Central Garage Co 2

Dong Chong Bicycle Co 52

E. A. Laboratories, Inc. 40

Fei Lung Company 45

Honigsberg & Co 23

8h an ghai Garage Co., Ltd 41

Shanghai Horse Bazaar 46

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd 33

Auto Palace Company 37

China Garage Co 17

Honigsberg & Co., Inc 23

Shanghai Horse Bazaar 46

Shanghai Garage Co., Ltd 41

GARAGES

Phone

Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd. C. 778... 33

Auto Castle C. 402... 57

Auto Palace W. 465... 37

Central Garage C. 3809... 2

China Garage Co C. 2403... 17

Eastern Garage C. 1159... 41

Fei Lung Garage C. 4133... 45

Gt. Northern Garage Co N. 1463... 52

Honigsberg Service W.1234... 23

Morimura Garage Co N. 2938... 38

Shanghai Automobile Co W. 933... 45

Shanghai Horse Bazaar W.1641... 46

Star Garage .....W. 197... 41

Monchen Garage, Tsingtau... 608... 51

GASOLINE ECONOMIZERS

Chinese Trading Co., Inc 55

Continental I. & E. Co 40

INSTRUCTION

Private Instruction 47

INSURANCE, MOTOR CAR

See Page

Alliance Assurance Co., Ltd 34

Assurance Franco- Asiatique - 49

Commercial Union Assurance Co 50

Excess Ins. Co., Ltd 4th Cover

General Ac. F. & L. Assurance Co., Ltd. 44

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. 34

North Br. & Mercantile Ins. Co., Ltd... 36

Sparke, C. E 4th Cever

Union Ins. Society of Canton, Ltd 19

Wheelock&Co 44

Yangtsze Insurance Assn., Ltd 38

OILS AND LUBRICANTS

Mencarini & Co 1

Squires, Bingham & Co 1

Vacuum Oil Co 4th Cover

OPTICAL

Chinese Optical Co 40

Lazarus, N 44

National Optical Co 36

REPAIRS AND OVERHAULING

Auto Castle 57

Auto Palace Co 37

Central Garage Service Station 2

China Garage Co 17

China Oxy-acetylene Welding Works 50

Fei Lung Company 45

Honigsberg & Co., Inc 23

Morimura Garage Co 38

Shanghai Garage Co 41

Shanghai Horse Bazaar 46

Wong Ah Zai 54

TRUCKING SERVICE

Commercial Transportation Co.
C. G. C. Truck Service

35
17

MOTOR CYCLES

B. S. A Agents for .. 52

Emblem, ,, 52

Harley-Davidson, ,, 53

Henderson, ,, 2

Indian, ,, 41

Reading-Standard, ,, 52

MOTOR CYCLE SUPPLIES

Central Garage Co 2

Dong Chong Bicycle Co 52

Squires, Bingham & Co '53

MOTOR CYCLE REPAIRS

Auto Palace Co 37

Central Garage Service Station 2

Dong Chong Bicycle Co 52

Morimura Garage Co 38

Star Garage 41

Wong Ah Zai 54

•

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THIS

SPACE

WILL CONTAIN A SPECIAL I

ANNOUNCEMENT 1

MONTH. I

"Give Me a Quart of Oil"

The Dangers Of

This Careless Request

When you say, " Give me a quart of oil ", and
take whatever is poured into your crank case, you
are inviting costly penalties.

If the oil is of low quality or body unsuited to
your car, the cylinder walls will have no protecting
film of oil and scratching will result.

Noise is often a sign of worn parts, — resulting
from friction.

When a comparatively new car knocks and
pounds it is generally because of undue friction,
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What makes your engine overheat — on a
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The balance of the oil is so thinned out that it
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Then, when the engine is started, the cold, raw
mixture "cuts" that weakened oil film, and passes
down into the crank case.

Thus, the whole oil supply is still further contaminated
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With such thin oil in the crank case, even, a few
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The hidden danger of using "thinned out" oil is
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A Monthly Magazine devoted to Motor Interests in China and the Far East generally, k

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CONTENTS.

Aviation To The Forefront in China
English Benzol Test Successful ....
New York Show Proves A Winner
Survey of Peking-Tientsin Highway

A Motor Boat Club for Shanghai

The High Cost of Gasoline in China

Editorial

Rolls-Royce To Have American Factory...

Relation of Horse Power to a Horse

Notes from Here and There

Dunlop Planning Future Extension

Now A Sport Model Airplane

The Little Things About Your Car

One of Shanghai's Fast Growing Garages

The Importance of Third Party Insurance

Latest Specifications of U. S. Gasoline Pleasure Cars....

The Latest British Car Prices

A Truck Opportunity for Shanghai

New American Cars on Local Market

High Record of Automobile Exports Shown for U. S.

Motor Truck Meets Emergencies

Dupont Four Makes Initial Bow

The Era of the Truck

The Overland 4 A Departure

American 1919 Motor Output Reaches Two Billion Value
The World's Newest Daredevil Stunt's ....
Oregon State Legislature Boost Gas Prices
Chevrolet Wins Gold Medal at Cataluna

Excelsiors Made Good with U. S. Army

The Evolution of the Motor Cycle

New Fiat Can Make 2.500 Mile Flight....

Index to Advertisers

When is a Car "Used''
Buyers Reference Guide

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No. 11.

AVIATION TO THE FOREFRONT IN CHINA.

Formation of the Aero Club of Shanghai Brings a National Response.

Major W. B. McBain, Chairman of the Aviation Board, Aero Club

is fifth from the left

HOUGH TRITE and hackneyed, the expression

"mighty oaks from little acorns grow," may

well applied to the rapid expansion of the Aero
Club of Shanghai, China's first air organization. Not only
has the club achieved local recognition but the news of its
founding has spread to the nation's capital at Peking, where
the organization of a simliar body is being urged by the
Air Ministry of the government and other larger cities are
contemplating similar moves.

Less than two months old, the Club has under way
the organization of a technical air board of engineers and ex-
perienced aviators, which will be the first body of its kind
to be organized in the Far East, having a personnel of
men of the "ace" caliber. It will alst> play a prominent
part in the welcoming of the Italian flyers making the

of Shanghai, and his former squadron at Salonica — Major McBain
in the roiv standing.

journey from Rome to Tokyo upon their arrival in Shang-
hai. The important part that it will play in the develop-
ment of aviation in China has also been, recognised by the
Chinese Government which has through an. official repre-
sentative offered to the Club the support of the Air Ministry
a,nd its co-operation in any moves the association may care to
undertake.

The visit of Commodore Beaumont, Major Glidden
and Mr. Hillman, members of the commission of the Aero
Club of America, to organize the round the world derby, by
air, to Shanghai quickened the interest of the residents of
the city interested in aviation to form the Aero Club of
Shanghai. The first attempt at organization came on
January 8 of this year, following a weekly tiffin of the
Shanghai Rotarv Club at which Commodore Beaumont and

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

February, 1920.

Major Glidden were speakers. Some-one remarked that
Shanghai should have an aero club and it was decided then
to start the movement for the organization. Only five
men were present at the time and under the leadership of
Dr. Julian Petit, president of the Rotary Club, these fiva
men, G. L. Treadwell, Dr. Petit, F. E. Sites, Mr. Fresson
and L. M. Bocker, formed the nucleus of the present or-
ganization and appointed a membership committee .

G. M. Bena, member of the Executive Committee, Aero Club of
Shanghai, who ivas the first civilian resident to fly over the city.

Two meetings were then held at the Carlton Cafe for
the purpose of getting together the men interested" and
following the second meeting a charter membership of one
hundred was obained for the club. At the second meeting,
Brodie A. Clarke was elected president, T. E. Dorenious
and Y. C. Tong, vice presidents, L. M. Bocker, foreign
secretary and treasurer, and P. K. Chu, secretary for the
Chinese. A significant feature of the two meetings for
organization was the intense interest shown by the Chinese
citizens of Shanghai who have been prominent in all of the
progressive movements, the present membership of the
Club being approximately one-half Chinese. At the
second meeting, G. M. Bena, a member of the original
membership committee, and G. Madier were elected mem-
bers of the executive committee — the other members being
the officers of the club. Major W. E. McBain was ap-
pointed chairman of the Committee on a constitution and
by-laws.

Following close upon the organization of the Club came
the arrival of Lieut. Commander P. S. Chu and Major P. T.
Pao, the Chinese government commission to welcome the
Italian flyers on their arrival in Shanghai, and both were
elected to full membership in the club with the Italian
aviation officers stationed in Shanghai and China. Shortly
afterward the first steps were taken for the reception of the
Italian airmen.

The most important development, however, in the
internal affairs of the club' is the formation of the aviation
board composed of experienced air pilots and technical
engineers for the governing of such matters as will arise

from the activities of the club- and whose services will be
available to the Chinese Government Air Ministry or to
any individuals in the Far East interested in the development
of aeronautics.

This board is headed by Major W. R. JVIcBain, a
squadron commander in the British Royal Air Force who
served for four years on the Macedonian, Italian and
Palestine fronts, a resident for many years of the Inter-
national Settlement of Shanghai, and holder of the Military
Cross, the Royal Air Force Cross, the Crois de Guerre with
palms, the Greek Order of Merit and other decorations for
valor and bravery, in action and under fire, The other mem-
bers are : Capt. R. L. Ward, who during the war was a
member of the famous Lafayette Esquadrille of the French
Army and who holds the Croix de Guerre, Distinguisneu
Service Groses, Medal Militaire, the Belgian Cross, and
other honors; Capt. J. E. L. Hunter, holder of the Dis-
tinguished Service Medal and the Royal Air Force Cross ;
Capt. Jean Schisler, holder of the Croix de Guerre ; Lieut.
Whitescraver ; Lieut. L. M. Bocker ; F. R. Sites and H. K.
Chow. The latter two named are techinal engineers,
H. K. Chow being a graduate in marine architecture and
aeronautical engineering of the Ma«u>chust,tts Institute of
Technology.

The field of operations of this body, as announced, will be
working with the Air Ministry of the Chinese Government
to obtain a flying field for Shanghai; offering in due time
examination of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale,
the international association of air clubs of the world, for an
international pilots license ; making arrangements with the
Siccawei Observatory to furnish the meteorological reports

Captain Panfili and G. M. Bena ready
for an air hop.

February, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

of the China coast as to winds, storms, etc., in order that
this information may be instantly available whenever
needed ; to render any possible service to the
Chinese Government and to visiting pilots ; to
promote an interest in the technical develop-
ment of aviation in the Orient ; to assist and advise any
private or commercial enterprise interested in aviation in
the Far East ; to assist and encourage the sporting side of
aviation in China and elsewhere in the Orient.

Ambitious as the program may seem, the body to whom
its carrying out will fall is undoubtedly capable of handling
any and all problems which may present themselves. No
more experienced board may be boasted of by any similar
organization any place in the world.

The first announced policy of the aviation board will
soon come to a realization — that of having a landing field
in or near Shanghai. Lieut. Commander Chu, of the Chin-
ese Government Air Ministrv, has announced that a landing
field will be constructed near Shanghai as soon as the
necessary land may be obtained. It is probable that this
landing field will be located at Wocsung, where a suitable
site for both air and seaplanes may be obtained and shops for
minor repairs erected. A motor car service for major repairs
will be maintained from a larger storehouse and repair shop
which will be located in Shanghai. While the field will be a
Government one, primarily for the use of an airplane mail
service which will be inaugurated between Peking and
Shanghai as soon as the field is ready, and for the use of
the seaplanes, which are now being constructed in Govern-
ment work shops in Peking from Chinese design, using
Curtiss motors, the landing places will also be thrown open
for the use of civilian flyers and the cross-country pilots of
any other nation.

The assistance and encouragement offered for the
sporting side of aviation in the Orient will be greatly
supported by the chairman of the aviation board, Major
W. R. McBain, who is now constructing a private landing
field on Hungjao Road, near the Hungjao golf course, and
has erected a hangar awaiting the arrival of a British
fighting plane which . he has purchased for his own
personal enjoyment. With this start it is highly probable
that other residents of Shanghai will take up flying as a
sport, particularly if the proposed Government flying field
at Woosung is thrown open to the use of civilians.

The reception of the Italian flyers, in which the Aero
Club of Shanghai will co-operate with the other inter-
national organizations of the city, will be one of the most
significant and interesting spectacles of the year and of many
years in the city. The program of the reception is being
arranged by a joint committee headed by Lieut. Commander
P. S. Chu, G. M. Bena, Major W. R. McBain and others.
The fivers are expected to land in the afternoon, coming
from Canton where all of the planes will be concentrated
upon orders from Captain Del Piano, inspector general

for the flight, in order that they may proceed to Shanghai
en masse. Upon the arrival of the planes, a reception of
welcome will be given on the field — the Kiangwan race
course of the International Recreation Club — admission by
ticket, which will be open to all of the citizens of Shang-
hai. The public welcoming reception will be followed by
a tea given by the International Recreation Club at the
grounds for the flyers. The night of the arrival a mammoth
banquet will be given in. their honor at which trophies from
Chinese officials and medals from the Aero Club of Shang-
hai will be px*esented to the successful pilots. During the
second day — the schedule of the flyers allowing them thirty-
sdx hours in Shanghai — other entertainments will be furnish-
ed them by Chinese officials, the Italian Chamber of Com-
merce and the Aero Club.

Captain Panfili beside one of the relief S.V.A. planes, stationed
in Shanghai.

Passing from the actual plans and workings of the Aero
Club to the response and enthusiasm with which its found-
ing has met, it is a surprising fact that so much heretofore
latent interest has been awakened by its formation. The
Air Ministry of the Republic of China which because of an
apparent lack of enthusiasm has remained silent on its
activities has now found the opportunity to voice them and
find a vast number of foreign and native residents of the
country ready and willing to offer any service or assistance
possible.

China, like every other country of the world, has been
quick to realize the part that aviation is prepared to play in
the future development of transportation and because of the
fact that it offers a more fertile field for the development of
such a mode of traveling has shown an unusual interest
with the past year in aeronautics and its practical applica-
tion. In Shanghai particularly, since it is a logical relay

point for all commercial and competitive aeronautical travel
in the Far East, has the realization of this been particularly
noticeable. Rumours of the purchase of commercial planes
by Shanghai corporations have been current and the entire

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

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February, 1920.

community has evinced an intense interest in the develop-
ment and use of the air courses in China.

The next step in aeronautic organizations in China will
undoubtedly he the formation of the Aero Club of China,
with the Aero Club of Shanghai and the contemplated Aero
Club of Peking as the prime movers in the founding of the
body, and the extension of the local associations to Hankow,
Tientsin, Peking, and the other larger commercial centers
of the nation. Now that the Aero Club of Shanghai has
blazed the way, and particularly by the formation of its
technical aviation board, the organization of the national
body is of the utmost importance. Its program and plans
will not be held down by the confining locality of any one
city and it can render invaluable service to the Air Ministry
of the government and the aviation in the country as a
whole by its workings.

It is highly probable that shortly after the arrival and
departure of the Italian flyers from China that representa-
tives of the Aero Clubs will either meet at Shanghai or
Peking to form the Aero Club of China and with this step
China may join the Federation Aeronautique Internationale
and take its place among the foremost nations of the world
in the development of commercial aviation, military aero-
nautics, and airplaning as a sport.

As was written in the beginning, trite and hackneyed
from long usuage as the expression may be, "mighty oaks
from little acorns grow."

ENGLISH BENZOL TEST SUCCESSFUL.

Average 23.71 Miles per Gallon for 145 Miles.

The Automobile Association of England in an official
report on the 10,000-mile benzole road test carried out on
the 16 h.p. Sunbeam offers the following interesting facts.

The average mean weight of the car was 1.8 tons, ami
the average miles per gallon 24.57. A most surprising
result in connection with the lubricating oil was achieved,
the average number of miles per gallon working out at
1,739. The lowest fuel consumption recorded was 27.71
m.p.g. over a distance of 145 miles, and it is estimated, that
the average miles per hour may be taken approximately at
23.46, the car taking 62 days to cover an actual mileage of
10,000f miles. The lubricating oil used was Vacuum A,
and in Dr. Harold G. Coleman's report after analysis, it
is stated that in none of the samples taken from the sump
throughout the run was it possible to detect the presence
of any benzole in the oil. Also no free acid could be found
in a larger amount than that present in the original oil put
into the crank-case. With regard to the carbon deposit
on the pistons and valves, this consisted partly of oil, partly
of carbonaceous deposit and partly of mineral matter. This
last-named consisted partly of road dust drawn in with the
air into the cylinders, and partly of oxide of iron or iron
itself, due to normal wear.

February, 1920.

THE OBIENTAL MOTOR.

NEW YORK SHOW PROVES A WINNER.

Offerings Distinctive But Not Radical — Competition on Deliveries not Specifications,

By an American Correspondent.

All thoughts about the saturation of the automobile
market may be dismissed for the time being. The
automobile market apparently has almost limitless absorp-
tive capacity, while the productive ability of the automobile
industry, per contra and by contrast, is limited. Suspected
tefore, this point was convincingly demonstrated by the
twentieth annual national automobile show at Grand Central
Palace, New York, January 3 to 10.

The net result of the week's activity was to leave an
expanded host of prospective buyers and an extended list
of unfilled orders. Some of these are to be filled very short-
ly, some not for a good while. There never was such a
show. The management for the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce was modestly reticent concerning the
figures, but an observer stationed in the lobby of the Pala.ce
at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon checked up the cues at the
ticket tooths, and estimated a rate — for the rush period, of
course — of 1,200 paid admissions an hour. Almost
universally the displays were of the practical order — just
regular cars, finished in regular colors. Hence the show
lacked its sometime giddy coloring and took on a more
subdued and practical air. Specially finished show chassis
were not a.s numerous as heretofore, while special show jobs
were, with few exceptions, specially painted and equipped
stock cars'.

Technically little that was radical was offered. The
1920 cars, however, merit attention by reason of increased
points of distinctiveness in outward appearance. Mainly
these points are attained by clever handling of comparatively
minor details. Most lines have been revised only. A few
new sporting type four-passenger jobs were on view, how-
ever, and these were highly creditable and forward looking.
Disc wheels added a flavor of novelty to the show, but were
discreetly used. Wire wheels, of course, were abundantly
in evidence. Thus, if a maker had three cars on the stand,
he demonstrated his lack of lias by mounting one on disc
wheels, one on wire wheels and the third on wood wheels.

The new cars that drew special and favorable attention
were the Studebaker six, the new Nash four, the Willys-
Knight and the Saxon four among others. A new-style
Mitchell, with sloping radiator front and rakish lines through-
out wasl at once marked by visitors as a "new note." The
Fergus chassis, absent last year, reappeared in six-cylinder
form, with its remarkably executed finish and detail.
Attaining the distinction of being the highest-priced chassis
in the show, this car is generally looked upon as a fore-
runner of many new things in design, including particularly
automatic lubrication throughout. There are but three

points on the car to te oiled by hand. These require atten-
tion only twice a }7ear or so.

That the remote location of the truck show had some-
thing to do with its limited attendance was doubtless the
case. So, at least, it was thought by many. On the other
hand, those that regard the motor truck as a doubtful pros-
pect for exhibition purposes, held to the argument that this
was as successful a truck show as ever could be produced.
And in many ways it was successful. Manufacturers re-
ported business, and it is unquestionably the fact that many
of them, if they took no more orders after the show closed
would be fully engaged for months in catching up with those
already on their books. Foreign demand, as evidenced
plentifully, also wrought encouragement. Not much in the
way of new things developed at the truck show, saving the
advent of the "high-speed" truck on pneumatic tires, and a
number of mechanical developments. A point remarked
with favor by buyers of all classes was the tendency to com-
plete equipments. War truck experience was manifest to
some degree in new and improved designs, but not. as much
as might have been expected. For the most part the truck
offerings are better than ever, but conservatively so.

A development that may prove to be of consequence to
the trade is marked by the advent in numbers of the lighter
truck forms. The "high-speed" truck, so-called, is natural-
ly the most conspicuous of these, and is bred of the some-
what dangerous suggestion that a truck of three-quarters to
two tons capacity, when tired and sprung for the purpose,
can be employed profitably at speeds ranging up to the
maximum the laws allow. The more prevalent types of the
lighter order, of course, are equipped and geared on more
conservative lines, being, for the most part, thoroughly
practical-looking types. Indications point to a possible over-
running of the market with these lighter types, just as the
heavier prevailed a year or two ago. For those concerns
that are producing complete lines, embracing all types, the
possible effects of such concentration of manufacture may be
a matter of indifference. To those which are building the
lighter models exclusively, but on a modest scale, on the
other hand, the consequences of a marked increase in com-
petition may conceivably develop more seriously.

First-hand impressions of the 1920 lines, as revealed
by comparative study at the show, indicate that the
accustomed annual ear-marks are more numerous in most in-
stances than might have been expected, all things considered.
Also that they are, as a rule, highly satisfactory from the
general viewpoint of evolution.

THE OBIENTAL MOTOK.

February, 1920.

WHAT 1921 MAY BRING IN BODIES,

A possible 1921 model as suggested by
an American Motorist in a recent U. S.
motor journal.

The trend of body designing for
futiore American cars as suggested
by a motor enthusiast.

As was generally understood throughout the trade, 1919
was too busy and hurried a year to permit very much to be
done by the average automobile builder in the way of de-
veloping entirely new models. Besides, at a time when
sales managers' portfolios were stuffed with unfilled orders
the opportunity to introduce brand-new cars was not con-
sidered to be ripe. "Off" years are the years that bring forth
new models in abundance. Ninefeen-nineteen was not an
off year. Nor will this year be an off year, unless the
general conception of its possibilities proves to be entirely
wrong.

The leading 1920 characteristic is the employment —
better yet, the continued employment — of long, sweeping-
lines. This is a direct evolution from the "bevel-edge" body
of 1918, emphasized a little more strongly last year, but
now systematically adopted by many makers. The beveled
edge itself, however, is not as prominent as heretofore, being
replaced by a "Grecian curve," and in other cases supplant-
ed by a curve harmonious with the cross-section of the hood
at the dash, by a plain flat rail, or by some other treatment.
The effect of continuity from one end of the car to the other,
first given popular emphasis by the bevel, however, is the
principal distinguishment of 1920.

The new element this year is the almost universal con-
tinuance of this line along the hood as far the radiator. This is
done by one means or another on practically every new body
thus far disclosed. It marks the final stage in the adoption
of the unbroken contour effect, as far as most products are
concerned. In achieving this point, however, a good deal
of ingenuity has been exercised, with the result that not a
little variety has been produced.

Along with the impulse to carry out the unbroken line,
and thus secure the optical impression thait the car has been
lengthened and lowered, the designer has been forced to
wrestle with one obstacle that has been, in some instances,
of considerable magnitude. That is the need for identify-
ing the new car with its predecessors. In other words,
where a 1920 car is a continuation of a well-recognized line
it is essential that it shall be self-evidently so.

There are many reasons in favor of this course which
is practically the universal custom. Thus in addition to
working into the new design the year-mark, as it has been
termed, the designer must also preserve the trademark of
the line. In most cases this trademark is impressed on
the public mind by the outline of the radiator.

Most radiators now in use are holdovers, as far as gen-
eral outline goes, from the days of the rounded contour,
which was originally advertised as the "streamline" effect.
Radiators being, as a rule either distinctly of the rounded
contour type, or harmonious with that method of design,
it follows that the designer's problem in going into 1920
lines was to join a definite contour line with a more or less
indefinite front elevation. In some instances this was com-
paratively easy. In the case of the Cadillac, the radiator
front is rounded, but the body imposes a marked line, de-
noting the angle of the hood. This melts away to nothing
at the front end. This disappearing line effect, working
either from front to back or back to front of the hood, in
fact, is a brand-new characteristic. Judging by past deve-
lopments, it will be succeeded, another year, by a tendency
to still more angular and sharply defined radiator fronts.

(Continued Page 38)

February, 1020.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

SURVEY OF PEKING^TIENTSIN HIGHWAY.

Tentative Route Has Been Selected for North China Motor Highway.

(While the actual plans for the building of the proposed
motor highway from Tientsin to the capital city of China
have not as yet been completed, a tentative route has been
selected and surveyed. This highway will probably be the
most modern in all of China and should, if constructed
properly, be the model for highway development in the
nation for a number of years in the future.

In any other country, the building of such a road
would not be of any particular note, but in China where it
is a matter of pioneering, all of those individuals, Chinese
and foreign, who are interested in the development of na-
tional highways are watching with intense interest the pro-
gress made on this motor road.

The following consists of excerpts

of Y.
highway
during
of 1919 :

K. Kuo,
survey party,

from
charge

the report

of the

l'oute selected

and November

of the
the months of October
The traverse started from the Han Chiao Bridge
at the west extremity of Huang Wei Lu, near Governor
Tsao's residence. A point on the "P" line of the Commis-
sion's survey being selected as our initial point. The line
followed practically the old cart road as far as Hao Chia Tsui.
After passing Hao Chia Tsui and sticked to the dyke for a
short distance, the line left the existing road and was run
cross country with a view to saving distance and avoiding
the minor crooks and bends which characterized the existing
road. Although we aimed at the shortest direct route be-
tween the termini, due attention, however, was always
called to important towns and villages and the line was
kept in touch with them whenever possible.

Among these

at Km. 8
27
39
56
67
76
91

are the following : —

Pei Tsang

Yang Tsun

Nan Tsai Tsun

Ho Hsi Wu

An Ping Chen

Ma Tou Chen

Chang Chia Wan
The line joins the Peking-Tungchow Highway at Tung-
hsien South station of P. M. E. The total distance be-
tween Tientsin and Tungchow is 98.208 meters.

I'he chief reasons of our deviation from the existing
road may be summarized as follows : —

a) x\n.tomofcile running demands easier curves on
modern highways than formerly.

b) The existing road passes through many towns and
villages whose streets are mostly not of sufficient width for
motor truck traffic.

c) The existing road surface is generally much lower
than the adjacent ground levels, consequently much extra
filling would be called for in addition to the amount of
filling actually required in forming the "bank."

d) This proposed road will in future be one of the
National Highways and should be built to meet all such
requirements as recently promulgated by Presidential
Mandate.

The line surveyed, however, owing to the lack of
sufficient time and outfits for reconnaissance work and the
fact that the line was not plotted in the field, is not
without its defects. It will be seen from the plan that there
are two unnecesteary considerable tends throughout the
whole line. One lies to the south of Pei Tsang and the
other at Ho Hsi Wu. They were not discovered until the
line was plotted and it is too late to rectify them. Fortunate-
ly they are not too far off from the direct line and the
final location could be laid out without any difficulty. The
chief characteristics of the existing road are the deep cuts
and sharp bends which were frequently met with all the
way through, leaving the deep ruts never taken care of. By
degrees the road surface became so badly worn out that the
traffic was obliged to look for a deviation. But no sooner
has the new route been chosen than the same agencies
started their destructive process again, and ere long another
detour had to be made. Deviation after deviation followed
giving rise to the numerous bends on the old road. With
the exception of the approaches of the Han Chiao Bridge and
the crossing over the P. M. E. branch at the outskirt of
Tientsin city where grades of about 3 per cent, or 1 in 33
would be required, the country traversed is fairly flat and
no heavy grade will have to be encountered.

There will be a few short turns in going through the
town of Yang Tsun, but their radii of curvature will be far
above the minimum permissible limit as recommended by
the International Eoad Congress, which is 55 meters. The
present Highway Project will necessitate the construction of
two bridges and the reconstrucion or modification of two
others. In addition to the bridges, there will be some minor
bridges and culverts needed, the sizes and numbers of which
will have to be definitely determined on final location.
Assuming the width of Eight of Way to be 30 meters the
area covered will be 30 x 98,000 or 2,946,000 square meters.
As about 10 per cent, of the new route will be on dykes and
existing public road, the actual area of land to be expro-
priated will be roughly 2,651,400 square meters or 4,000
mow.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

February, 1920.

A MOTOR BOATrCLUB FOR SHANGHAI.

River Cruise Enthusiasts Propose to Have Organization for Encouragement and Furtherance of Sport.

The enjoyment of the motor owner in China — the owner
of the motor car — because of the lack of good highways, is
confined to the more utilitarian pleasure of driving about tbe
streets of the city in which he is residing or short drives
into the country surrounding, but to the owner of a motor
boat China opens up a vast network of canals and rivers
which provide for explorations and cruises which may con-
tinue for years without ever visiting exactly the same spot
and viewing the same scenery. No other country in the
world beckons with such rich promise of real sport, ex-
perience and enjoyment to the owner of the motor driven
boat than China. It might well be called the Utopia of the
motor boat owner.

Many of the foreign residents of the country have been
brought to this realization, which has been the knowledge of
Chinese of all classes for years, and have built houseboats on
which they cruise for pleasure in the summer and which form
comfortable water homes for the holiday and week-emd hunt-
ing trips during the winter months. Some have even gone
further and have small motor driven yachts in which they
can make longer cruises in heavier waters.

It is not possible for anyone to live in China for any
length of time a;nd not possess a longing for a motor boat
with which to cruise about its rivers and canals during
their more idle moments. They realize that no better
means can be afforded of really learning the interior of the
country away from the sea ports and of knowing intimately
the life of the Chinese of the "up-country" districts. As a
result of this, the motor boat owning population is growing
with increasing rapidness and those who are not owners have
fallen into the ranks of prospective owners and enthusiasts.

Heretofore no concerted movement for organization
upon the part of the owners of motor boats and the enthusiasts
of the sport has ever been attempted. Each person in
Shanghai who was fortunate enough to possess a house boat
and its accompanying motor boat puller, has been limited
in his enjoyment and his activities to his family or his circle
of friends. For the docking space he has been forced to be
satisfied with Soochow or some smaller creek or canal and
for overhauling and repairing has found the bank of the
stream his only hope as a dry dock.

Now a movement is being started in Shanghai to form
the owners of motor boats, yachts, and houseboats and other
enthuiasts into a Motor Boat Club of Shanghai which will
enable them to enter into a concerted campaign for better
dockage and overhauling facilities, for river and canal cruises
and regattas, and for exchange of views and information re-
garding the sport of motor boating. While yet in a purely

embryonic state the organization idea is gaining support
rapidly and the passing of another month should see a per-
manent body perfected and a program announced.

A tentative plan for the work of the organization during
the first year or two of its existence has been outlined as
follows: The organizing of river trips on holidays and
regattas, probably annual races on the river ; to have their
own docking yards which will provide not only for adequate
and safe anchorage but also shops and yards for overhauling,
storage and repairing, and later probably a clubhouse on the
river or canal.

With the present lack of facilities for the storage and
upkeeping of motor boats, the need of such an organization
as is planned is unquestionable and it should receive the full
support of not only those who are at present interested from
the standpoint of owners but also those who are prospective
purchasers or merely enthusiasts. With yards for storage
and repair and the maintenance of shops with expert
mechanics and workmen, the expense to the individual owner
would be greatly reduced, Again the association with other
owners* and members of the club would be of vast benefit to
ail m the exchange of views, in charting river and canal tripa
in order to give each member the benefit of the experience of
the other members and of encouraging the increase of the
boating population of the foreign residents of Shanghai.

It is the intention of the persons now planning for the
organization of the club to invite the cooperation and views
of all persons interested so that steps may be taken toward a
permanent organization immediately before the comino- of
spring, which will be the opportune time for the beginning of
the activities of such an association. All persons interested
are being asked to communicate with B. E. Brown,
manager, Edward Maurer Company, Inc., 7A Kiangse Boad,
Shanghai.

SEATING CAPACITY OF U.S. AUTO 30,000,000.

The seating capacity of the 6,000,000 automobiles in
use in the United States is not less than 30,000,000 persons.

The total seating capacity of railroad cars, of which there
are 55,705, is about 3,500,000 people.

To carry the people now carried by automobiles an equal
distance would require 60,000 new passenger cars —
G.$1I,000 each— at a cost of G. $660, 000, 000 ; 149,972 new
locomotives— C$35,000 each— at a cost of G. $524,000,000,
and duplication of passenger tracks, depots and employes
at an expense impossible to calculate.

FEBfctJAfe*, 1920.

Tfifi OMENTAL MOTOft.

THE HIGH COST OF GASOLINE IN CHINA.

Owner's Are Largely Responsible Through Carelessness and Lack of Interest.

The high cost of gasoline in China is, no doubt, caused by
the motor car owners themselves, as only approximately 2
per cent take any active interest in their cars. Usually the
purchase of supplies is put up to the Chinese chauffeur, who,
as a rule, will purchase where he receives the most squeeze.
This condition naturally forces the producer to allow suffi-
cient commission to the dealer to cover their overhead
expenses and the usual "cumshaw" to the chauffeur. In the
U.S. only a small selling commission to the dealers is allow-
ed, usually about 2 cents per gallon, against a larger per cent
allowed to the Shanghai dealers, which may be accounted
for in part to the chit system and possible loss in accounts.

In regard to the quality of gasoline manufactured in
America, it is no doubt true that the demand has increased
considerably in the past few years. It is also true that
heavier spirits are being manufactured than before, but
the production has increased proportionately.

Gasoline can be obtained cheaper in other parts than
Shanghai for the reason that competition is encouraged and
that better cooperation exists between producer and con-
sumer, and cannot therefore be compared with the Shanghai
conditions. It has been proven that, in many instances,
the car owner has consulted the Chinese chauffeur and his
decision accepted over that of the highly specialized expert,
to the detriment of both the producer and consumer. The
high price of motor fuel can be directly traced to this con-
dition. It is a well known fact that 50 per cent mixtures of
gasoline and kerosene are being, at the present time, used
successfully, both in the Philippine Islands and in Shanghai.
It has possibly been overlooked that the range of distilla-
tion which indicates the volatility of gasoline is the end
point, which should only be given consideration. Of two
gasolines having the same range of distillation, it has been
proven conclusively that the heavier will give a greater
mileage and stronger expansion stroke. This is due to the
greater heat energy of the heavier fuel. The transformation
of this heat energy depends upon many factors, but with
the same engine efficiency the gasoline having the greatest
number of heat units will naturally produce the greater
power.

In the selection of gasolines it must be emphasized
that the value is determined only by its range of distillation.
The initial boiling point must not be too high as to affect
perfect ignition and the end point must be sufficiently low
as to completely volatilize in the carbureter.

Motor efficiency depends largely upon carbureter
adjustment. In order to produce perfect combustion the
proper amount of air must be mixed with the gasoline
vapors. Too rich or too poor mixtures will greatly decrease

the power and, in many instances, entirely prevent com-
bustion.

In carburation the corect proportioning of fuel and
air and complete vaporization of the fuel is necessary. The
heavier gasolines require more air or leaner mixture.

Temperature variation affect greatly the mixture pro-
portions and carbureter adjustments, Carbureters should
be set to run normally at temperatures slightly higher than
atmosphere temperatures, thereby confining temperature
changes entirely to the warming up period .

With ordinary care good mileage and excellent results
can be obtained with any grade of gasoline. It is also
possible to secure very unsatisfactory results with the
highest grade gasoline.

By giving the above facts due consideration, it is
obvious that the burden now placed upon the refiner by the
unnecessary demand for high gravity gasoline will be
eliminated, and competition will be stimulated thereby
automatically reducing the price of motor fuel.

B. A. L.

GASOLINE SPECIFICATIONS STANDARDIZED.

As the result of a request of the oil trade that a change
be made in the specifications of October, 1918, since they had
become unnecessarily stringent and were tending to restrict
the total production of motor gasoline, the Committee on
the Standardization of Petroleum specifications, Bureau of
Mines, U.S.A. has made the following recommendations
which became effective November 25, 1919 :

(a) Boiling point must not be higher than 60 degrees
C, (140 F.)

(b) 20 per cent, of the sample must distill below 105
degrees C, (221 F.)

(d) 90 per cent, must distill below 190 degrees C,
(374 F.)

(e) The end of the dry point of distillation must njt
be higher than 225 degrees C, (437 F.)

(f) Not less than 95 per cent, of the liquid will be re-
covered in the receiver from the distillation.

The development of the motor car and aviation in-
dustries in China is being closely traced from month to
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FEBRUARY, 1920.

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Vol. I.

Shanghai, February. 1920.

No. 11.

EDITORIAL.

THE GASOLINE QUESTION.
The eternal question with the motorist seems to he the
price of gasoline, since this is the most fundamental necessity
after the purchase price hasi heen paid for the car and much
speculation as to what prices are, their fairness and what
they could be is always rife among the motor owners.

There is always the question "why" prices are as they
are in China when prices elsewhere are vastly different.

Based on reports from the various surrounding nations
the following are gasoline prices in the Ear Ea.st :

Shanghai, duty 18 tael cents per American case of 10
gallons, 80 cents Mexican per gallon or approximately 88
cents gold.

Manila, duty free on American gasoline, 1 peso 5 per
gallon or approximately 45 cents Mexican.

Japan, subject to high duty, 90 sen per gallon or
approximately 40 cents Mexican.

The United States, domestic production, 22J to 30 cents
gold per gallon, according to locality.

Of course, there is always present the question of the
grade of gasoline but that question is largely one which can
be settled by the motorist himself. The motor manufacturers,
particularly those of the United States, have recognized the

resulting lower upkeep on machines by the use of lower grade
gasoline and have consequently introduced the hot spot
manifold and such other mechanical improvements as will
give the motor car owner more miles to the gallon on the
lower grades than he was able to obtain on the higher grades
of past years. As mentioned in another article appearing
elsewhere in this issue of "The Oriental Motor," it is up to
the motor owner to use the lower grades of gasoline and
thus reduce bis own expense of operation and bring lower
prices.

Yet it would seem that if gasoline can be sold in Manila,
where it is duty free if coming from America, for 45 cents
Mexican, that it could be sold in Shanghai by all producers,
the nationality of the organization, mattering not, for 50 to
60 cents a gallon with a reasonable profit.

Some day — and it will not in all probabilities be such
a long time — there will be a change in the gasoline situation
where motorists will use cheaper low grade fuel and the
selling companies will bring their prices down to more of a
standard for all parts of the Ear East.

With even the present control of the local gasoline
market, there are some independent firms now selling motor
fuel at lower prices. While the quantities for sale by the
independent dealers are small yet they cannot help but have
a lowering influence on current prices.

N AGAIN THE NATIVE CHAUFFEUK.
There are Chinese chauffeurs and Chinese chauffeurs.
Some are good but the majority are careless, inattentive and
living up to the medieval definition of their name chauffeur
— that of brigands and robbers. According to the con-
science or lack of conscience of the driver, a motor car
owner may get fifteen to twenty miles to the gallon of gaso-
line or he may get two to five.

Native chauffeurs at best are more of a liability than
an asset, although one is forced by custom in this land of
"face" more or less to engage the services of one.

A recent case, which should serve as a warning to motor
car owners, happened at a local garage where a chauffeur
was caught drawing a bucket full of gasoline from the car
to which he was attached and making a sale of it to another
chauffeur. The transaction occurred at tiffin time when
none of the overseers of the garage were expected in, but
the chauffeurs had misjudged their time. The chauffeur
selling the gasoline was given one month's imprisonment
and had his licence cancelled. The second chauffeur was
dismissed for the want of evidence against him.

The necessity of a check on the gasoline consumption
of any motor car is thus illustrated. A gasoline chit book
should be obtained from a reliable garage and used continual-
ly. In the case above cited, the owner of the car driven
by the second chauffeur had given his driver four dollars
with which to buy gasoline. The method by which he was

February, 1920.

THE OKIENTAL MOTOE.

obtaining it was the cheapest and there was sufficient clear
profit in the transaction, "squeeze" to attract them both.

It has also been a source of speculation as to where
the smaller garages and gasoline depots get their supply
since their monthly purchases from the oil companies are
small and it may be that they are acting as "fences" be-
tween chauffeurs and obtaining their gas by means such
as was being employed in the case at hand.

Much of this arises from the fact that many of the motor
owners have no further interest in their car tban that of its
being a conveyance to the office and tack to the home. An
automobile is a piece of property — it has passed the luxury-
stage — and as such it should have all of the attention of its
owner. If a motor car is worth owning it is worth knowing
something about.

And it is not the motor owner who is looking after the
upkeep and maintenance of his machine and daily or weekly
checking it oil and gasoline consumption who is
complaining about the high cost of upkeep and regretting
that he did not buy a car like Jones or Smith, whose car
makes more miles to the gallon and costs less to operate —
Jones and Smith probably being real enthusiastic motorists.

HAULING BY TEUCK AND GOOD EOADS.

"Like good roads, motor trucking should interest every
man, woman and child," says Harvey S. Firestone,
president of the Firestone Tire and Buhber Company of the
United States, "Both are basic elements in lowering the
cost of distribution, saving products now wasted, opening
up resources heretofore untapped. The truck is ready and
able to shoulder the burdens the railroads cannot carry.

The truck is the one satisfactory solution to the

difficulties of short haul freight."

This was an observation expressed concerning the
situation in the United States but it could have teen mora
aptly said had Mr. Firestone made an extensive investigation
of the present day conditions of transportation in China and
seen the inaccessibility of the fartherest distant points of
the ontports and the lacadaisical methods of string cart and
wheelbarrow freighting in the principal ports of the nation.

The commercial future of China will have as two of its
largest foundation stones good roads and motor trucks and
the two working hand in hand will do much in bringing the
nation further toward the development of a real first class
industrial world power. The greatest drawback to
commerce in the country at the present time is the
inaccessibility of some of her richest sections and some of
her greatest producing centers. Even with increased
mileage of railroads these problems would still be a long
way from being solved.

Up in the interior in one section of the nation is a city
noted throughout the land for the excellence of its china

works, making dinner sets and all other such articles of
such fine artistry and workmanship as to surpass even the
noted Dresden variety. But what has happened to the
industry? It has been stifled for the want of connection
with the outside world. With roads and motor trucks,
caravans could bring these products to the port cities to be
shipped to all parts of the world bringing more than
adequate remuneration to the producer, the transporter and
to the buyer.

The first indications of the coming development of good
roads and motor trucks are being made prominent by the
initiative and far sightedness of various Chinese business
men in widely removed sections of the country. In Wuhu
an enterprising Chinese is organizing a company to carrv
on motor truck transportation services of passengers and
freight with a capital of $800,000. In Shantung a similar
organization is being perfected. China is moving forward
and this with foreign suggestion or supervision.

What a greater progress could be made if the foreign
merchants and business men living in China would give
this now sporadic development the added impetus of their
own example and their own assistance and make it nation
wide.

A step in this direction, is now being taken in Shanghai
by those firms' and those garages which are operating motor
truck fleets for the hauling of their cargoes. That this step
has made an impression upon the Chinese is evident by the
increasing number of motor trucks on the streets of the city
of Shanghai bearing the names of the leading Chinese firms.
This first stone in the now tranquil pool of motor
transportation in the nation will bring widening circles of
recognition of the worth of the motor truck and will bring
it into universal use.

But before motor trucks there must te good roads and
every motorist, every business man and every foreign res-
ident in the nation of China should feel duty bound both
through their connections with the Eepublic and for their
own interest and welfare to be a good roads missionary.
Talking and writing will not tuild good roads but the con-
tinued advocacy of the construction of national highways
will bring such a recognition of this necessity as to produce
a concerted movement among the people of China and bring
the results desired.

The present time is one of the most opportune for such
a movement in the history of the nation. The government
in Peking has already recognized the necessity of roads
and has gone so far as to formulate and publish a standard
of width and other specifications for road building. Again,
China is being pressed by the other nations of the world to
become a united nation and to stand upon her own feet
and work out her own salvation. Loans are being made
with certain concrete and expressed demands of what shall
(Editorials continued on Page 16)

(Editorials Continued)
be done with the money advanced and putting in foreign
supervision for its expediture and to check graft.

Why could not a loan be made to China by the busi-
ness and motor interests of the world for the expressed
(purpose of building national highways? (Union can be
reached in no quicker way than by fast and efficient inter-
communication between the various parts of the nation and
it is here that good roads and motors would prove their
invaluable usefulness. Money advanced could be loaned
with the understanding that it was to be spent solely in the
building of good roads under foreign supervision.

If China is today a land of commercial promise what
would China be if she had adequate road communications
to all parts of tlio nation and motor truck caravans rumbling
their way along into the remotest parts of the interior carry-
ing with them goods and civilization and bringing back to
the ports people and native goods— goods that have probably
never found more than a local sale?

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR. " Febbdaby_ lm

MONTHLY CRUDE RUBBER REPORT.

'The Oriental Motor " To Print Latest News Direct From the
United States.

A monthly report on the crude rubber market of the
United States will be included in future issues of "The
Oriental Motor" which will be received direct from the New
York offices of the Edward Maurer Co., Inc., and which can
be taken as authentic.

The Edward Maurer Co., Inc., is one of the largest
importers of crude rubber in the United States and the
president, Edward Maurer, is president of the Eubber
Association of New York. The rubber market in that city
is governed almost entirely day by day by the quotations
issuad by this firm.

A MOTOE BOAT CLUB.

China might aptly be called the paradise of the motor
boat enthusiast for even Holland with its canals or Venice
with its lagoons cannot offer to the lover of the motor driven
boat the fields for peaceful exploration and enjoyment that
can be found along the rivers and canals of China, For-
eigners in China have been quick to realize this and, many of
the residents of Shanghai have their motor pulled house-
boats which form their week-end homes during the fairer and
more favorable weather of the year.

Now comes the proposed plan to organize these lovers
of the streams and of the motors into a club which will pro-
vide adequate dockage, overhauling space and probably a
water side home where exchanges of latest experiences of the
members and enthusiasts of "when I was up the river last
Saturday" may by exchanged. The idea is a most excellent
and worthy one and it is hoped that it will be developed into
a large and flourishing organization.

ROLLS-ROYCE TO HAVE AMERICAN
FACTORY.

Company Buys Plant of Wire Wheel Organization
at Springfield, Mass.

NEW AMERICAN SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICES.

In this issue of "The Oriental Motor" will be found the
new specification and prices of 1920 models of American
motor cars. These are taken after the recent models ex-
hibited at the New York motor show and are accurate and re-
liable.

The post wartime revival of motor car manufacturing in
the United States has brought many new cars on the market
and manufacturers who have heretofore confined their
activities to producing accessories and parts are going in for
the entire car. Several of these new models are soon to
invade Shanghai.

Purchase of the American Wire Wheel Co. plant at
Springfield, Mass. , for the location of the Rolls-Royce factory
in America, has been announced by John J. McManus,
secretary of Rolls-Royce of America, Inc. The plant
provides floor space of about 75,000 s!q. ft., and when in
operation will give employment to approximately 800 hands.

The installation of machinery for the manufacture of the
British car at Springfield will begin immediately. While
it probably will be several months before actual production
will be reached, every effort is being made to hasten the or-
ganization of the plant personnel and equipment.

It is planned to use much of the machinery that way
operated in the Rolls-Royce airplane engine plant in Cleve-
land during the war. In addition to this, the company is
expected shortly to be in the market for considerable Ameri-
can made machinery .

Thomas Nadin, general superintendent of the Spring-
field plant, who was installed some time ago with offices at
707 City Realty Building, Springfield, Mass., is authority
for the statement that it is proposed to make only one type
of chassis, and that a replica of the chassis at the present time
built at Derby, England. However, negotiations are now
pending with the engineers of the British plant for slight
changes to adapt the car to use in America. Important
among these is the moving of the control units to the left
side of the car to facilitate ease in driving under American
traffic rules.

February, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR.

Sixty thousand Republic Trucks are
daily doing not only extraordinary
things — but positively heroic things,
in every conceivable kind of hauling.
The volume of proof back of the
Republic is greater than any other
truck in the world is able to present.

* - V -.

Sole Agents

REPUBLIC

Yellow Chassis

THE CHINA GARAGE Co.,

Tel. C. 2403

SHANGHAI

21 Foochow Road.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

Febktjary, 1920.

SHANGHAI'S OLDEST AND NEWEST HUMBERS

On the left is ths 19J3 Hit nib er — the oldjst m <tjr in Shanjhcii now in actual operation, owtud by Dr. Patrick. On the right
the 1020 Hiimber — owned by Mr. Whitehead of Scott, Harding and Co.

RELATION OF HORSE POWER TO A HORSE.

Sale Instinct of James Watt Resulted in Starting the Misnomer.

The relation between the power of a horse and the horse-
power of a gasoline engine is not clear to many ear owners1.
Even when it is vaguely understood that there must be some
assumed figure which represents the working ability of the
animal, such expressions as indicated horsepower, rated
horsepower, brake horsepower, etc., only tend to make the
term more confusing to the man whose interest in engineer-
ing begins with his first car.

To fully understand the meaning of these terms it is
well to know the origin of the word horsepower which comas
to us from the very earliest days of the steam engine. AYhen
Jam.es Watt, the English engineer, invented his steam en-
gine over a hundred years ago, he found, as all innovators do,
that a< vast amount of persuasion was necessary to convert
the conservative users of horses to his newly discovered
power. It must be remembered that at that time the idea
of a practical self-propelled vehicle had not entered the
mind of man, and it was for stationary purposes only that
Watt designed his engine. In particular he saw a splendid
opening for his invention in the pumping and hauling work
then performed at mines by horses. The mere statement
that his engine would do the work was not sufficient to over-
come the barrier of conservation. So Watt developed what
might in these days be called a strong selling point in the
form of a direct and easily-grasped comparison with what

horses actually did. To obtain this he conducted ex-
periments! with several horses throughout a long period and
established that the average horse performed an amount of
work equal to the lifting of 33,000 pounds a height of one
foot in one minute. He called this one horsepower and it
has remained the unit of power measurement for all engines,
steam, gasoline or electric ever since.

fn the case of the gasoline engine there are broadly'
speaking two ways of stating the power: 1, the theoretical
or horsepower rating which is obtained by mere calculation
from bore, stroke, number of cylinders, etc. ; and 2, tho.
actual horsepower delivered at the flywheel, called the brake
horsepower. In the former all losses which are inseparable
from the conversion of the energy stored in the fuel to the
rotating crankshaft (and these are considerable) can only
be assumed or ignored. And therefore the term is not of
much use except for the filling of registration blanks.

Brake horsepower has a more useful meaning. To
obta.in it the engine must be actually run and the measure-
ment taken while it is in operation; bore, stroke and any
other dimensions are of no account whatever. Since, the en-
gine at the time of testing is not engaged :n useful work,
some means must be found of absorbing the energy it is
capable of in order to measure it. Hence the testing brake,
or dynamometer, which is simply a power absorption device.

February, 1§&6.

TOE OEIENTAt MOTOft.

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The adequate insurance of your Motor Car is of greater
importance than the insurance of your House and Furniture.
3n accident to your Car may not only entail damage to the
Car but may involve you in heavy Third Party liabilities.

UNION'S

COMPREHENSIVE

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Covers at a moderate premium

THIRD PARTY LIABILITY WITHOUT LINIT

And also fully indemnifies the Assured for

ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE

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(Incorporated in Hongkong)

Established 1835.

Policies are issued at the Society's
HEAD OFFICE, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong.

And also at the following Branch Offices in China :

SHANGHAI, Union Building, No. 4, The Bund.
HANKOW, Union Buildings, Tungting Road.
TIENTSIN, No. 6 Victoria Road.

*]?HE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE.

February, 1920.

Ten gallons of gasoline, with the proper air mixture .
has an explosive equivalent of 836 pounds of dynamite.

Dr. John C. Ferguson, Commissioner for China for the
first Aerial Derby around the world, has appointed Milton
0. Clark, of Canton, Assistant Commissioner for China.

John F. Mason, special representative of the New York
Lubrication Oil Company of New York, manufacturers of
Monogram oils and greases, is in Shanghai on an introduc-
tory trip in the Orient.

H. E. Steiner, China representative of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company, has returned from an extensive
tour of inspection through North China in the interest of his
firm.

A Chinese financier at Wuhu is reported as perfecting
the organization, of a company, with a capitalization oi;
$800,000, to operate a passenger and cargo motor truck
service from Wuhu to Yunchow, Anhwei.

The Chevrolet Motor Car Company in the fall of 1919
achieved the remarkable figure in car production of one
thousand a day. There has been only one other car in the
world which has ever been produced on this basis.

Owing to the increasing number of motorcycles in the
city of Peking, the Chinese police have decided to collect an
annual licence on this type of motor. The licence has
been fixed at three dollars a month for cycles without side

cars.

F. P. Bills has returned to Shanghai to resume Lk
former position with Dodge and Seymour, Ltd., aftec
having been absent from the city since 1917. He accom-
panied E. H. Dodge, president of Dodge and Seymour, uf
New York, who is travelling in the Far East on a tour of
inspection of the company's branches and interests.

While it had a large majority of the automobile in-
dustry's leading figures within its reach at the recent New
York automobile show, the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, says a recent "Auto Topics," improved the oppor-
tunity to impress itself upon them. Prices of gasoline were
advanced one cent a gallon, reflecting, it is said, the increased
cost of crude oil at the wells.

The fleet of five motor boats, manufactured by the
marine works of Jardine, Matheson and Company, Shang-
hai, have successfully completed their river trip to Hankow
and have negotiated the rapids above that city with apparent
ease, according to reports from that city. The river at this
time of the year is hard to navigate and the performance
is extraordinary.

W. T. Longwell, export representative of the Maxwell
cars, was a recent visitor to Shanghai. The export business
of the Maxwell Motor Company is being handled by John
D. Williams and Company, New York. Mr. Longwell
reports exceedingly good business in India and the Straits
Settlement. He is now en route to the States by way of
North China and Japan.

Remarkable figures regarding Spain have been given out
recently by a representative of the Cadillac. Spain has some
of the finest highways of the world and a national system of
good roads, but the cost of gasoline, which was G.$4 a gallon
during the war, has receded only to G. $1 a gallon for the
lowest grade. Although there are twenty million people in
the nation, the total motor car population is only 7,000.

The Flonigsberg of North China has been organzied ac
an American company for the sale of motor cars, trucks,
accessories, machinery and other products under Philippiae
law at Manila, according to a recent report from that city.
The company treasurer will be C.H. French, treasurer of the
Pacific Commeicial Company. The organization is one
of the first to take advantage of the Philippine laws to in-
corporate for business in another country.

Captain Allesandro Delpiano, chief inspector for Chin'i
of the Italian Rome-Tokio flight, was the host at a dinner
given at the Astor House Hotel on the night of February
12, in honor of Lieut. Com. Chu and Major Pao, official
commissioners from the Chinese Air Ministry to welcome
the Italian flyers. The dinner was attended by Chinese
and foreign officers and officials and by officers and members
of the Aero Club of Shanghai.

Lieut. Com. Chu and Major Pao, commissioners to
welcome the Italian flyers coming from Rome en route to
Tokyo, entertained at dinner for the officers of the Aero
Club of Shanghai, the Italian flying officers now in Shang-
hai and Chinese officials at the Chinese Naval Club on
February 5. Lieut. Com. Chu in a talk assurred the Aero
Club of Shanghai that they would have the unqualified sup-
port of the Air Ministry of the Chinese Government in
whatever they wished to do.

Mr. A. M. Frame, president of Frame, Leay craft and
Company of New York and London, China representatives
for the Commonwealth and Spacke motor cars, and one of the
largest American import and export firms, is visiting in
Shanghai as a part of a world tour of investigation and in-
spection. He is accompanied by Mrs. Frame. He will re-
main in China for several weeks to make an intensive study
of the markets and conditions of the country before continu-
ing his journey. The local office of Frame, Leaycraft and
Co., which is in charge of Mr. E. P. Gosling, China re-
presentative, was opened several weeks ago at 51a Kiangse
Road.

February, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR

ai1

La Torre Gppc^'frnnti? diPisa, liidia..

First Principles in Tire-Buying

THERE is only one proper basis on which
to buy tires — and only one proper basis
on which to manufacture and sell them.
The best tire is the tire that gives the loioest-
cost-per-mile.

A tire cannot be judged by its weight, or its
size, Or its color. Nor does the motorist want
to buy these things.

He does, however, want to buy miles of
service. And when he balances miles of service
against price, he is buying tires economically.

Tire quality depends on three things, —
material, machines, men.

A giant world-wide organisation with
unlimited financial resources can command
the finest material, invent or buy the most
exact and costly machinery, employ the most
expert men. Such are the advantages Good-
year holds.

The result is shown in Goodyear sales.
Taking the world as a whole, more motorists
ride on Goodyear Tires than on any other kind.

Thousands of these motorists have tried many
other tires. Their preference for Goodyear is
based on experience.

Goodyear Tires are made in botb millimeter and inch sizes.

GASTON, WILLIAMS & WIGMORE (P. E. D.), INC.

Wholesale Distributors

THE OEIENTAIJ MOTOE. February, 1920.

THE FIRST ACCIDENT OF THE NEW ASCOT SPEEDWAY,

LOS ANGELES.

A most remarkable and spectacular accident picture of the motor car track, showing Ira V ail's car crashing into a
machine driven by Beeves Button — both drivers being well known on the American speedways.

DUNLOP PLANNING FUTURE EXPANSION.

Plants in the United States and Europe Will Equip Cars Made There.

That the Dunlop .Rubber Company will soon have a
plant in full operation in the United States and increased
production in Europe so that Dunlop tires will be on the
wheels of automobiles of all makes and of all nationalities
was the announcement made by the chairman of the com-
pany at the annual meeting held recently in England. A
greater post-war impetus to production and expansion was
also announced both for the company proper and for its sub-
sidiary corporations which furnish the cotton, rubber and raw
materials which go into the manufacturing of the famous
tires.

In this respect the Dunlop Company is individual. It
owns its own rubber estates from which a large
portion of the crude material used in the
manufacture of the rubber products of the
organization comes, its cotton mills and other plants for
production of those things which enter into the making of
tires and rubber goods. Beacuse of this from the rubber

and
and

plantation to the tire on the wheel the production
manufacturing is truly Dunlop — Dunlop produced
Dunlop supervised.

The newest announced departure, of the company is the
location of a plant in the United States which will be an
exact duplicate of the Dunlop plant at Fort Dunlop, England.
The reason announced for the location of this plant in America
is given as the paramount importance of having all American
motor cars imported into England and Europe — and tins
number is increasing rapidly because of the mass production
of the manufacturers or the United States— equipped with

Dunlop tires. The opinion expressed by the chairman in
his annual report was to the effect that the Dunlop plant in
America might soon become the largest plant of the com-
pany any place in the world.

In order to carry out the expansion plans, the chairman
announced the increase of the ordinary share capital of the|
company to £2, 500,000. In order to further the now exist-1
ing interest and co-operation of the employees of the;
organization, they will be permitted to invest in the new
shares placed on sale by the increased capitalization.

The Drench plant of the company is producing at a re-
markable rate an 1 the sales are larger than even the more
optimistic expected. Other companies on the Confine ut and;
elsewhere in the world in which the Dunlop interests have the
complete holdings., are located in South America, Holland,
South Africa, Belgium, Italy, Copenhagen, Spain, Germany,
Canada, and the Far East. A new arrangement between the
Canadian company and the Far Eastern plant has been
effected which will increase the efficiency of them both and
will enable them to seek new fields and give better service.

Exceptional features of the Dunlop tires, which were
introduced in the report of the chairman, were pictures of
four tires — one having run over 96,000 miles, two over
99,000 miles and one over 100,000 miles.

In closing bis report, the chairman stated that the;
directors present should feel that they had a large apprecia-j
tion and responsibility in the affairs of a concern in which j
more than £20,000,000 was involved.

February, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOE.

CHEVROLET,

OU'LL be surprised how little it costs
to operate this Chevrolet ' ' Four-
Ninety " Touring Car.

Twenty-five miles on a gallon of gasoline
is not an unusual record. Tires last an
unusually long time. Repairs are few and
far between. Care-free, regular performance
is the Chevrolet rule.

Yet with all its economy and low price,
Chevrolet "Four-Ninety" Touring Car is a
handsome, roomy, comfortable car — a car
you can be proud to own.

H. S. HONIGSBERG & Co., Inc.,

40 BUBBLING WELL
Phone W. 1234 SHANGHAI

Chevrolet " Four-Ninety " Touring Car,

* ;.

THE OKIENTAL MOTOB.

February, 1920.

NOW A SPORT MODEL AIRPLANE.

Machine for One-Man Civilian Use Being Made in England.

■ate'?.

T7te IVew British sport model airplane for civilian flyers — The " Austin Whippet" a private one-man airplane.

The airplane for individual civilian use is now in
being, testted and flown, and in process of manufacture for
the market, thanks to the enterprise of the Austin Motor
Co., Ltd., of Northfield, Birmingham, England, makers of
the Austin car and tractor. Though it has not teen trumpet-
ed abroad, the airplane-making experience of the company
has been extensive, for they made more than 2,000 machines
during the war, including the S.E.5, a single-seater fight-
ing scout, which won much favor not only with British
but with American airmen. The company made also some
2,500 aero engines. Their new private airplane, known
as the "Austin Whippet," is a biplane to cany one person,
and can be stored in an ordinary garage. As the machine
has demonstrated that it will practically fly itself, the
questions of skill in control and provision of storage have
been met in a way which brings flying within the reach of
the general public. Cost, also, will be reasonable, working
out at something like £450, but whatever price is decided
upon it will be such as to provide for best material and best
workmanship.

The "Austin Whippet" has emerged with the fullest
credit from its trial flights, and the distinguished B.A.E.
pilot who first took it up was delighted with the ease of
its control and the stability of the machine. His experience

led him to declare that he could teach anyone to fly it in
ten minutes.

The "Austin Whippet" measures from stem to stern
16ft. and has a wing span of 21Jft. Its fuselage and land-
ing gear are constructed of steel, and instead of wires
stream-lined steel tubes take the place of bracing wires,
thus doing away with the necessity of frequent re-rigging.
In every way, the construction of the machine has been
kept simple. A six-cylinder Anzani engine of 45-50 h.p.
is fitted, and is giving very good service. The "Whippet"
climbs 5,000ft. in 8 minutes and 10,000ft. in 18 minutes.
It has a speed of 85 m.p.h., which can be reduced on land-
ing to 30 m.p.h. , an attribute which commends it for civilian
use.

A very great recommendation is the arrangement for
folding the wings, which enables the Whippet to be stored
in a building 18ft. long, 9ft. wide, and 8ft. high. One man
can easily fold the wings back to the side of the plane
after unfastening only four locking bolts, which hold the
wings with the greatest security in their position for flight.

The uses of the machine are not restricted to pleasure
flights, for in England, and more particularly abroad, there
are spheres of business use in which ability to inspect large
areas in a short time would be of considerable value.

February, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

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Wde TIRE Supreme

From year to year, the greater durability,
comfort and economy of Goodrich Silver-
town Cord Tires have multiplied their
use, and intensified their popularity

Remember the pioneer service of Silver-
towns, the original cord tires, raised the
cord tire to its place of honor.

Patricians in look, yeomen for work,
Silvertowns carry you to the supreme
height of satisfaction.

BILVERTOW

TIRES

Adjustment Basis:

7,000 Miles

FURUKAWA & Co., Ltd.

SOLE AGENTS FOB. CHINA

1-b Jinkee Road, SHANGHAI. Tel. Central 4932.

PEKING, TIENTSIN, HANKOW, HONGKONG, DAIREN.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

February, 1920.

THE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT YOUR CAR.

It is the little things ' about your motor car
that count just as it is the little things in your business
that often cause your best laid plans to go astray.

Each month on this page will be published little
things about your motor car that you should know —
often, knowledge that will save you repair bills.

When the bolt fails to take up wear in the square hole in
the steering crank thrust a small steel plate in the slot to> keep
it open and then strike the arm a sharp blow with a hammer
just above the hole. This will be found more satisfactory than
the use of shims.

An easy way to pull off a wheel that will not be dis-
lodged by the usual methods is as follows : Sometimes the
wheel gets "frozen" to the axle shaft, due to being a very
tight fit or to other causes, and then the thing to do is to
attach a piece of heavy rope to either side of the wheel, leav-
ing enough room to insert a jack between the rope and the
end of the spindle. Place the foot of the jack against the rope
and the head against the end of the axle and slowly operate
the jack to put a pulling force on the wheel through the rope.
You can exert a very large force by this method and should
S able to remove the tightest wheel.

Do not try to clean the headlight reflectors with an
^ctinary cloth, because you are apt to scratch the highly
sensitive surface and do more harm than good. The best
way to polish them is to first sponge them off lightly with a
soft wet cloth so as to remove all loose dirt. When dry
take a piece of dampened chamois and dip it in jeweller's
rouge, and then polish the reflectors with a spiral or circular
motion, starting at the center. You will be surprised what
a difference clean reflectors will make in the hght reflectel
upon the road.

Most users want a flexible motor and one that can be
throttled down well. In many cars it is impossible to
throttle down to say four miles an hour without using the
brake. When a car is being demonstrated and the demon-
strator is showing how it will throttle down, be sure to sea
that he is not using his brakes to help his engine.

The verdigris that forms on brass may be removed by
the following treatment : Mix a good metal polish in equal
parts with wood alcohol. Apply with a brush and allow to
dry. When dry rub with a clean cloth and the verdigris
will come off, too, leaving a clean, smooth surface. After
this the brass may be polished in the usual way.

The varnish of a new car is likely to become speckled
after its first experience with rain. These tiny spots are
not easy to get off, but it is always possible to render them
less noticeable by applying a mixture of raw linseed oil and
malt vinegar, supplemented by a considerable application of
"elbow grease."

In cases of emergency it is possible to attach a cable to
the battery by stripping back the insulation for two or three
inches, prying apart the strands and then placing a washer
on each side of the cable, after which the nut is screwed
down, holding the cable firmly in place.

When a car's pick-up is all that can be desired, but it
is not possible to get all the speed out of the vehicle that
there is reason to expect, it may be accepted as a sign that
the choke is too small, preventing the engine from taking a
full charge with the throttle wide open.

Take out the valve spring, slide the little rubber gasket
down toward the spring and invert the gasket, then slip it
up in its original place, put the inside back in the valve and
tighten. This will stop the leak nine times out of ten. If
the rubber gasket seems to be hard it will be of no use to try
this, as you will tear the gasket and ruin the valve inside
for any future use. Dirt on the rubber washer or on the
valve seat will cause a leakage which, though slight, makes
it necessary to reinflate tires too often. This dirt makes its
way into the valve because a cap is left off.

In motors with detachable heads great care must be
taken that the gasket used to pack the joint does not project
into the combustion chamber. When this occurs the gasket is
very likely to become incandescent, causing preignition
knocks and even backfiring in the carbureter.

In cars having pressure feed and using exhaust gases to
obtain the pressure, it is necessary to keep a careful eye on
the feed strainers and other cleaners through which the gate
passes on its way to the tank. The dirt accumulations in
these strainers are likely to be very heavy.

Clean, off carbon with a cloth dipped in gasoline, or a
brush may be used. Touch up the points of plugs with
emery cloth, but do not touch emery to glazed porcelain, as
it scratches and makes1 it soot up all the more rapidly. A
cracked core must be replaced.

February, 1920,

THE OEfENTAL MOTOR.

AN EXCEPTIONAL

OPPORTUNITY

WE OFFER A NUMBER OF

WICHITA 3-TON TRUCKS

as illustrated above with stake bodies and detachable tires

Will sell singly or as a whole as Desired

MOTOR. — 4-cylincler, en bloc, bore 3f", stroke 5^". Spark plugs
I" — 18 ALAM. Valves enclosed, protected from dirt and dust.

IGNITION — High tension magneto.

LUBRICATION. — Gear pump and splash oil scoops on end of con-
necting rods. Capacity of oil base 2 gal.

COOLING. — Centrifugal Pump; 5£ gal. Cellular type radiator.
Inlet hose connections If" diameter. Four-blade aluminum fan
with ball bearings.

CLUTCH.— Quick Adjustable cone, leather faced, spring inserts.
Dimensions, 15"x2J".

TRANSMISSION.— Selective sliding gear, 3 speeds forward, 1
reverse. Face of gears, 1". Reduction through transmission :
1st speed, 3.65 to 1; 2nd speed, 1.69 to 1; 3rd speed, direct
drive. Reverse speed, 4.78 to 1.

DRIVE. — Propeller shaft to transmission ; tubular propeller shaft
transmission to worm drive rear axle.

SPRING. — Heat treated. Front, semi-elliptic, 9 leaves, length 40",
width 2J", suspended under frame. Rear, semi-elliptic, 14
leaves, length 56", width 3", outside bracket suspension.

BRAKES. — Service, internal expanding on rear wheel drum.
Diameter, 18"x2J". Emergency, internal expanding on rear
wheel drum, 18"x2J".

WHEELS. — Artillery type, front and rear, 36" diameter, 14 spokes.
Front wheel spokes, 2J".

TIRES.— Front, solid, single, 37"x4". Rear, solid, 37"x7".

EQUIPMENT.— Two oil side lights, one oil tail light, horn, tool
kit, and jack.

For further particulars apply to

O. B. BRINGEWATT

47 Boone Road, Shanghai.

Complete stock of spare parts including tires
PRICE ACCORDING TOIQUANTITY

THE OMENTAL MOTOE.
ONE OF SHANGHAI'S FAST GROWING GARAGES.

February, 1920.

Auto Castle, Founded in 1914, Spreading Out for Increased Sales and Serv'ce,

The Home of the Auto Cattle at 228 Avenue Joffre Shanghai,

One of Shanghai's younger members of the garage
family which is fast growing in its sales, service and storage
business is the Auto Castle, which is located at 228 Avenue
Joffre, in the French Concession. Although it has only been
in operation for a comparatively short time its progress has
been steady and lusty.

In 1909 the founder of the Auto Castle, Mr. J.
Heimendinger, came to Shanghai for Sennett Freres after
having been associated for a number of years with the lead-
ing" motor manufacturers in Europe. In 1914, Mr.
Heimendinger seeing the opportunity offered by the fast
and ever growing motor population of Shanghai and China
resigned his position and organized the Auto Castle force
of mechanics anQ automobile men.

From the time of its founding up until August 1919,
the Auto Castle was under the sole and personal supervision

J. Heimendinger,

founder

of the

Auto Castle.

February } 1920.

THE ORIENTAL: MOTOR.

i ■

Showing a portion of the sales and storage floor of the Auto Castle.

of Mr. Heimendingoir but at that lime his two brothers joined French, British and American cars, announcement of which

will be made later. They also handle and stock several
lines of trucks in various ton capacities.

The company maintains both a. storage and a service de-
partment which they expect soon to enlarge in order to meet
the increased demands which are steadily growing.

forces with him, Sylvain Heimendinger coming in as super-
vising engineer and A. Heimendinger as service manager.

The Auto Castle is the sola distributers for the widely
known Haynes car and also handle other new as well as
used cars. They are now arranging for other agencies for

THE IMPORTANCE OF THIRD PARTY INSURANCE.

Owners of Motors Should te Protected Against Claims for Damages and Injuries.

"A skidding Army lorry ran into a crowd of people on
the pavement in Rye Lane, Peckham, yesterday afternoon,
killing one woman and injuring three persons.

"The steering gear of the lorry, a heavy steam-driven
vehicle, seems to have gone wrong. It swerved to the
pavement, and the four persons named formed a little group
directly in its path." — "London Daily Chronicle."

The above clipping illustrates better than any words
of ours the importance of third-party insurance. At the
outset I wish it to be fully understood that I express no
opinion as to the legal aspect of the above case. The im-
portant point to which I wish to draw the attention of
readers of "The Oriental Motor" is the rule that always
operates in such a case as the foregoing. The rule is as
follows : — "Each accident shall be held to include a series of
accidents occurring in connection with or arising out of one
even t . "

Now, this rule means that the insurance company in
dealing with claims in respect of an accident similar to the

foregoing would treat the matter as being one accident at
least so far as the assured is concerned. Where the policy
grants unlimited cover the holder of such has nothing to
worry over ; it is the policyholders whose policies limit the
amount payable in respect of any one accident that it effects.
Of coarse, it must be understood that negligence must be
proved before a claim can be sustained and the onus of this
is on the claimant. Still, this will not prevent claims being-
made, and the assured, or rather his insurance company, will
be called upon either to settle or rebut such claims. If the
defendant wins it is generally to find himsellf saddled with a
heavy bill of costs, whilst should there be a doubt the plain-
tiff invariably secures the benefit of it and to a right merry
tune, too, for motorists are apt to be looked upon as royal
game to be bled. The moral of the whole thing is to secure
unlimited cover with a first-class office and there can then
be no question but that the total liability he incurs will be
the premium paid. It is quite an easy matter for an accident
such as the foregoing to happen , therefore if readers are wise
they will take timely warning. W.T.P.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

February, 1920.

LATEST SPECIFICATIONS OF U.S. GASOLINE PLEASURE CARS

insurances or other similar items.

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4-3fx4£ A Kent A-Lite 114 31x4 SS tl395 1395

-BIL'JjIjE

B-l 4-3S5J Simms 5GdD 121 32x4 SS 3150 *3300

BOUR-DAVIS

20 6-31x41 Remy 118 32x4 SS ..

BREWSTER

4-4x5$ Berling USL 125 34x4* SS ..
BRISCOE

4-24 4-3Tasx5| Conn A-Lite 103 30x3$ QD 985 985

BUTCK

H-6-44-47 6-3gx4* Delco Delco 118 33x4 SS 1495 1495 2255

$2450
2485

4600

1700
7400

GLIDE

fi-40 6-3ix5 Wsths Wsths 119 32x4 SSJ+1695 $1695
GRANT

«-H 6-3*x41 A.Kent Wagner 116 32x4 SS 1495 1495

HALLADAY

22 6-3Ax4i A.Kent Wsths 116 33x4 SS 1985 1985

HANSON

54 fi-3Jx4£ Delco Delco 121 32x4 SS 1685

HARROUN

A-J 4-3Jx5i A.Kent Remy 106 30x3* ... 1095 995

HATFIELD

42 4-31x5 Conn Dyneto 115 32x4 SS 1125 1695 +1695 3500

HAYNES

45 6-34x5 KingstonL-N 127 34x4$ SS +2685 2685 3550

46 12-2|x5 Delco L-N 127 34x4* SS +3450 3450 4200

HOLLIER

206-B 6-31x4$ Remy Wsths 120 33x4 SS +1985 1985

HOLMES

1 6-3$x4J Holmes Dyneto 126 34x4* SS 2900 +2900 4000

HUDSON

Snner-6 fi-3*x5 Delco Delco 125* 34x4* SS +2200 2200 2900

HUPMOBILE
R 4-31x5* A.Kent Wsths 112 32x4 SS 1450 1450 ...... 2185

JACKSON

6-31x4$ A-Lite A-Lite 121 33x4 SS 1885

H-6-49-50 6-3gx4$ Delco Delco 124 34x4* SS 1785 2695

CADILLAC

57 8-3Jx5i Delco Delco 125 35x5 SS 3490 13490 3490 4450 J0NES

CAMERON 6-2S 6-3$x51 A-Lite A-Lite 126 34x4 QD 2250 2250 2250

45 6-3fx4$ Conn 123 32x4 1700 1700 JORDAN

55 6-2^x4* Conn Bijur 118 32x4 . ... 1700 1700 F 6-3$x5l Delco Bijur 127 32x4*, SS 2775 2775 3800

CASE M 6-31x4$ Delco Delco 120 32x4 SS 2550 3600

V 6-3*x51 Delco Wsths 126 34x4* SS +2400 2400 3000 KIN&

CHALMERS ~ H 8-3 x5 A.Kent Wsths 120 32x4$ SS +2550 2585 3100

35"B 6-^x4$ Remy A-Lite \™ 32x41 SS

1117 34x4/

1765 2370

1685 1685 2370 Custom Built 6-3^x5 J Remy Remy 124 32x4$ SS 2875+2875 2450 3250

35-C
CHAMPION

K.O. 4-3$x5 Delco Dyneto 116 32x3* SS 1150

6-3Jx4$ Delco Delco 118 32x4" SS 1495

CHANDLER

chevrotft'5 Bosch G&D 123 33x4 ss t189'5 1895 2795

490 4-31£x4 Remy A-Lite 102 30x3$ 715 735 §1185

,,?"£„ 4-;^Bx'5i Remy A-Lite 110 33x4 SS 1210 1235 1795

CLEVELAND

6-3x4$ G&D G&D 112 32x4 SS {1385 1385 2195

COLE, Aero- Eight

870 8-3$x4$ Delco Delco 127 33x5 SS 2750 +2750 3995 3995

COLUMBIA

D-C&CS 6-31x4$ A.Kent A-Lite 115 32x4 SS 1845 1695 +1845 2850
COMET

C-53 6-3$x5* Wagner Wagner 125 32x4 SS 2150

COMMONWEALTH

4-40 4 3*x5 A.Kent Dyneto 117 32x4 SS 1395

CROW-ELKHART

L-55 4-3$x5 Conn Dyneto 117 32x3* SS 1295 1295 +1445

H-55 6-3Jx5 Conn Dyneto 117 33x4 SS {1545 1545 2395

CUNNINGHAM

59- A 8-3fx5 Delco Wsths 132 35x5 SS +4250 *4750 4250 MERCER

DANIELS 5 4 4-3|x6| Berling Wsths 115 32x4$ SS 4500 +4500 *4500

D-19 8-3Jx5j Delco Delco 132* 34x4* SS J 4500 +4500 4500 6000 METZ
DAVIS " ' Master. 6 6-3£x5 Conn Wsths 120 32x4 SS J 1695 1695

51 6-31x4$ Delco Delco 120 33x4 SS 1795 1985 +2150 2985 MITCHELL

KLINE KAR

6-55-.T 6-31x4* Conn Wagner 121 33x4 SS {1865 1990 1990 2790
LEACH

6-31x51 Delco Delco 126 32x4* SS +3750 3750

LEXINGTON

S 6-31x4$ Conn G&D 120 32x4 SS 1885 2285

LIBERTY

10-B 6-31x4* A.Kent Wagner 115 32x4 SS 1695 1695 +1785 2595
LOCOMOBILE

48 6-4*x5i Berling Wsths 142 35x5 SS +8200 8100 11300

LORRAINE "

4-31x5 Conn Dyneto 115 32x4 SS +1695 1695

McFARLAN

127 6-4*x6 Wsths Wsths 136 35x5 SS 5000 +4800 4800 6100

MADISON "

6-3£xo A.Kent Remy 115 33x4 SS 1550

MAIBOHM

B 6-3£x41 A.Kent Bijur 116 32x4 SS 1395 1995

MARMON

34 6-3|x5J Delco Delco 136 32x4* SS +4650 4600 4650 6250

MAXWELL

25 4-3|x4$ A.Kent Simms 109 30x3$ C 985 985 1655

1965
1900

DISPATCH

G 4-3|x5 Bosch USL 120 34x4 SS 11250 +1290

DIXIE FLYER

4-31x5 Conn Dyneto 112 32x4 SS 1465 1465
DODGE BROTHERS

6-80 4-3£x4$ N.E. N.E. 114 32x3* SS 1085 1085

DORRIS

6-80 6-4 x5 Bosch Wsths 132 33x5 SS +4350 4350 5720

DORT

158-10 4-3$x5 Conn Wsths 105* 30x3* ... J 985 985 1535

DUPONT

4-3!JJx5J5 Bosch 124 32x4* SS 4000

ECONOMY

6-46 6-31x4$ Conn A-Lite 115 33x4 SS +1795 1795

ELCAR

4 4-3$x5 Delco Delco 116 33x4 SS 1395 1395

6 6-31x4$ Delco Delco 116 33x4 SS +1595 1595

ELGIN

6-K 6-3Jx4J Wagner Wagner 118 33x4 QD 1485 +1585 2450

ESSEX

A 4-3x5 Delco Delco 108* 32x4 SS 1595 1595 2250

FORD

T 4-3fx4 Ford

FRANKLIN

100 30x3 Jr C 500 525

2475

1995
2195

775

E 40 6-31x5 Remy Remy 120 33x4 SS {1690 1690 1875 2600
MONITOR

6-31x4* Dyneto 117 33x4 1525 +1575

MONROE

»-'-9 4-31x4$ A-Lite 115 32x3$ SS 1295 1295

MOON

Victory 6-31x4$ Delco Delco 118 32x4 SS {1985 1885 2885

6-66 6-3$x5| Delco Delco 124 35x5 SS +2500 2750 3650

MOORE

30-F 4-3|x41 A-Lite A-Lite 106 30x3$ QD 1095

MURRAY

8-31x5 Dixie Wsths 128 34x4 J 3500

NASH

681 6-33x51 Delco Wagner 121 33x4 SS 1490 +1595 1640 2575

NATIONAL

Sextet 6-3$x5i Delco Wsths 30 32x4$ SS 3500 +3550 3550 4700
NELSON

D 4-3ix4j Bosch U.S.L. 104 32x4 SS 1500

NOMA

I 6-3|>4$ Delco Delco 128 31x4$ SS 2600 +2900

NOR WALK

4-3$x5$ Delco Dyneto 116 32x3* SS 1235

OAKLAND

34-C 6-2l|x42 Remy Remy 115 32x4 SS {1075 1075 1825

9B 6-31x4 A.Kent Dyneto 115 32x4 SS 2700 2750 +2750 3750 OLDSMOBILE

GARDNER 45-B 8-2£x4f Delco Delco 122 33x4$ SS +1895 1895 2950

G 4-3$x5 Wsths Wsths 112 32x3$ SS {1125 1125 37-A 6-21fx4| Remy Remy 112 32x4 SS 1395 1395 1995

FEBRUARY, 1§26.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

Model Motor Ignition

Starting
Lighting WB

2- 5- 7-

Tires Rims Pass. Pass. Pass. Sedan

Starting 2- 5-

Model Motor Ignition Lighting WB Tires Rims Pass. Pass.

SAXON

6-2£x4J Kemy Wagner 112 32x3J SS fl295 1295
SAYERS

SIX-42 6-3jx44 Dcleo Delco 118 33x4 $1745

SCRIPPS-BOOTH

Six-39 6-2jfx41 Kemy Remy 115 32x4 SS 1425

SENECA4-34x4J Eemy Remy 108 30x3j C 990

SINGER

20 6-4 x5i Bosch Wsths 138 33x5 SS 15250 t5250

SPACKE

S-20 2-.3Jx3.67A. Kent 90 28x3 ... 295

STANDARD

I 8-3jx5 A.Kent Wsths 127 34x4J SS 3000 |3000

STANLEY

Steamer 2-4x5 130 34x4J SS

STEARNS

SKL4 4-3fx5f A.Kent Wsths 125 34x4£ SS J2350 2350
STEPHENS

Salient Six 6-3 Jx4i A-Lite A-Lite 122 33x4J SS 1975 H975
STUDEBAKER

Spec-EU 6-3Jx5 Wagner Wagner 119 32x4 SS 1685 1685

E-G-X 6-3gx5 Wagner Wagner 126 32x4 SS

Light six 3 Jx4J Wagner Wagner 112 32x4 SS 1435

STUTZ . ,, „ _. , „ (130 32x4j SS 3250 3250

tt 4-4gx6 Delco Remy ■{ *

TEMPLAR

4-3§x5£ Bijur Bijur 118 32x4 SS 2685 2685
VELIE

48 6-3Jx4J Bijur Bijur 115 32x4 SS 1685 1685

WESTCOTT

C-48 6-3£x5J Delco Delco 125 32x4J SS 2590

C-38 6-3£x4£ Delco Delco 118 33x4 SS 2390 2390
WILLYS-KNIGHT

20 4-3|x4J A-Lite 118 33x4 SS 1725

WINTON

25 6-3|x5i Bosch Bijur 132 35x5 SS 3950 3950

*6-passenger. |4-passenger. J3-passenger.

Pass. Sedan

OLYMPIAN

4-3;£x4£ Conn A-Lite 116 32x3J ... 1240
OVERLAND

4 4-3§x4 A-Lite A-Lite 100 30x3J QD 845

OWEN-MAGNETIC

W-42 6-4 x5| Bosch Own 142 35x5 SS

PACKARD

3-35 (136 35x5 SS

3-25 12-3 x5 Delco Bijur |l28 35x5 SS 15200
PAIGE

6-39 6-3&x5i A.Kent G&D 119 33x4 SS J1670

6-55 6-3£x5| A.Kent G&D 127 33x4£ SS

PATERSON

6-47 6-3jx4J Willard Delco 120 33x4 SS

PEERLESS

56 8-3|x5 A.Kent A-Lite 125 34x4 J SS

PIERCE-ARROW

48 6-4£x5j Delco Wsths 142 35x5 QD 7650

38 6-4x5J Delco Wsths 134 34x4£ SS 17250

PILOT

6-45 6-3jx5 Delco Delco 120 32x4 SS U700
PORTER

4-4x6| Berling 142 35x5 SS

PREMIER

6-D 6-3§x5£ Delco Delco 126 32x4J SS 4300

R & V-KNIGHT

J 4-3|x5 Wagner Wagner 115 32x4 QD

R 6-3£x4J Wagner Wagner 127 32x4J QD 3050

REO

1920 6-3T95x5 N. E. N. E. 120 33x4 SS {1650
REVERE

A 4-4|x6 Bosch Wsths 131 32x4J SS 3850

ROAMER

C-6-54 6-3Jx5i Bosch Bijur 128 32x4 SS 2875
ROCK FALLS

6-3Jx5j Bosch Wsths 136 35x5 SS

1240

845 1495

$6500 $7500

(5550

$5200 15250

1670 2395

t2300 2195 3095

1695 1725 2600

12900 2900 3700

7650 7750 9250

7250 7250 8550

1650 2450

t9200 9400

14300 4300

2150 2700

J3050 3050 3800

1650 2400

3850 t3850

t2950 2950 3850

$2695

2175

$5250

7200

3000

4100

3450

4950

2575

3450

*2050

3050

U685
2135

2685

3350

3585

tl850

2380

2890
{2790

4190
3490

2750

3950

5050

ABBREVIATIONS.— " A.Kent" Atwater Kent, "A-Lite" Auto-Lite, "Conn" Connecticut, "G&D" Gray & Davis, "Eisman" Eisemann, "L-N'
Leece-Neville "N.E." North East, "Wsths" Westinghonse, "W. Lnrd." Ward Leonard, "SS" Straight Side, "QD" Quick Detachable, "C" Clinche:
"QDR" Quick Detachable Reversible. NOTE. — 30x3$r means that the rear tires are 30x32- and the front are smaller. £31x4 C tires on Sedan.

THE LATEST BRITISH CAR PRICES.

The following is a revised price list for 1920 of British
motor cars available at the time of our February number.
It now includes a list of all the principal British
makes, and is as nearly complete as possible with the in-
formation at hand.

A. C. 6-cyl. Chassis only £550

ANGUS-SANDERSON. 4-cyl. 14.3 h.p. Two-seater ... 575

Four- „ ... 575

Two- „ CoupS 750

ARMSTRONG-SIDDELEY. " SIX." Chassis only ... £720

Saloon Double Phaeton ... 1,000
ARROL-JOHNSTON. 4-cyl. " Victory Model,"

Complete £700

4-cyl. 15.9 h.p. Complete ... 625

AUSTIN. 4-cyl. 20 h.p. Chassis Complete £470

4-cyl. 20 h.p. Standard Model 595

4-cyl. 20 h.p. Four-seater Coupe 695

4-cyl. 20 h.p. Seven-seater Landaulet ... 725

AUTOCRAT. Two-seater £445

Four-seater ... ... ... ... 475

Coupe 500

BEAN. 4-cyl. 11.9 h.p. Two-seater, Open £425

Four-seater, ,, ... ... ■•• 450

Two-seater, Coupe ... ... ... 500

Four-seater, ,, ... ... ... 550

BELSIZE. 4-cyl. 20.1 h.p. Chassis only £450

Two-seater Model 550

Four- „ „ 620

Coup6 770

Landaulet ... ... ... ••• ••• 830

BRITON LIGHT CAR. 4-cyl. 9.9 h.p. Two-seater

Model £395

BRITON STANDARD MODEL. 4-cyl. 11.3 h.p.

Two-seater
Four-seater

CALCOTT. 11.9 h.p. Two-seater

11.9 h.p. Coupe

CALTHORPE. 4-cyl. 10.5 h.p. Two-seater Standard
Four-seater Standard ...
Coupe
Four-seater Sporting ...

CHARRON. Chassis only

CHARRON-LAYCOCK. Two-seater

Three-seater ...
Coup6 ...
CROSSLEY. 4-cyl. 25-30 h.p. R F.C. Chassis...
Touring

Limousine Landaulet
Coupe

DAIMLER. ''Light 30" Chassis

" Standard 30 " Chassis ...

" Special 45 "

TALBOT-DARRACQ. 16 h.p. 4-cyl. Four-seater m
TALBOT-DARRACQ. 8-cyl. 20 h.p. Chassis ...

DAWSON. 4-cyl. 11 h.p. Two-seater

Coupe
DELAHAYE. 4-cyl. 14-18 h.p. Chassis only ...

6-cyl. 18-22 h.p.
DEEMSTER. 4-cyl. 10 h.p. Two-seater

Coupe
Four-seater

DOUGLAS. 2-cyl. 10.5 h.p. Chassis only ...
Standard Body complete ...

D. F. P. 12.1 h.p. Chassis only

ENFIELD-ALLDAY. 5-cyl. 10 p.h. Two-seater

Four-seater

£450

475

£475

550

375

guineas

400

guineas

450

guineas

400

guineas

£960

460

guineas

490

guineas

540

guineas

£950

1,200

1,400

£1,000

1,060

1,300

odel

£750

£950

£475

600

£1,050

...

£1,500

385

guineas

400

440

£350

...

400

£675

...

£350

• •■

350

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

February, i§20.

ENSIGN. 6-cyl. 38.4 h.p. Chassis only

EEIC CAMPBELL. 10 h.p. Two-seater
GLADIATOE. 4-cyl. 12-14 h.p. Four-seater Model
Coupe
4-cyl. 25-35 h.p. Coupe Saloon

G. W. K. 4-cyl. Two-seater

Four-seater

GEY. 8-cyl. 20 h.p

H. E. CAR 4-cyl. 13.9 h.p. Chassis only

Complete, Four-seater
HAMMOND. 4-cyl. 11-22 h.p. Two-seater ...
HAMPTON. 4-cyl. 9.4 h.p. Chassis only
Two-seater Model...
Four-seater ,,
Coupe Model

HILLMAN. 4-cyl. Two-seater Model

Four-seater Model
Coupe

HOESTMANN. Two-seater Complete

Four-seater ,,
Coupe ,,

HUMBEE. 4-cyl. 10 h.p. Two-seater Complete
4-cyl. 10 h.p. Four-seater
4-cyl. 10 h.p. Coupe
4-cyl. 15.9 h.p. Five-seater
4-cyl. 15.9 h.p. Saloon ...

LANCHESTEE. 40 h.p. Chassis

MARLBOROUGH. Two-seater

MASCOTTE. Three-seater Model

Two-seater, Polished aluminium body
Coup6

METEORITE. Chassis Complete

Two-seater model
Four-seater

MORRIS-COWLEY.
MORRIS-OXFORD.

£1,700

£395

£785

900

1,200

£275

275

000

£550

£700

£585

£360

425

465

500

£435

495

505

£350

385

410

£480

530

£575

750

£1,010

£1,500

£550

£450

575

675

£375

450

575

£315

£380

415

475

£1,750

2,450

2,240

2,340

Two-seater

4-cyl. Two-seater Complete

Four-seater

Coupe

NAPIER. 6-cyl. 40-50 h.p. Chassis only

Landaulet
Sporting Torpedo
Cahriolet
PALLADIUM. 2-cyl. 10 h.p. Two-seater Model. 275 guineas

Four-seater Model 295

Coupe ... ... ... ... 365 ,,

PHOENIX. 4-cyl. 11.9 h.p. Two-seater Complete ... £425

RILEY. 4-cyl. Four-seater £490

Two-seater ... ... ... ... 465

Coupe ... ... ... ... 545

ROLLS-ROYCE. 6-cyl. Chassis only £1,850

ROVER. 12 h.p. Two-seater model

Four-seater ,,
Limousine Coupe
ROVER LIGHT CAR. 8 h.p. Two-seater

RUSTON-HORNSBY. Five-seater

S. C. A. T. 4-cyl. 15 h.p. Chassis

SINGER. Two-seater Model

Two-seater Sporting ...
Coupe ..
SIZ AIRE-BERWICK. 4-cyl. Four-seater ...

STAFFORD. 4-cyl. Four-seater

STANDARD. 9.5 h.p. Chassis only

Two-seater
Coupe
STAR. 20.1 h.p. Four-seater, saloon top
15.9 h.p. Two-seater
Five-seater
STOREY. 14.3 h.p. Chassis only

,, Two/Four-seater
,, Coupe

SUNBEAM. 16 h.p. 4-cyl. Chassis

Touring Car

Limousine ...

24 h.p. 6-cyl. Chassis

Touring

Limousine ...

TALBOT. 4-cyl. 25 h.p. Chassis only

4-cyl. 25 h.p. Five-seater
6-cyl. 30 h.p. Chassis only ...

THOR. 4-cyl. 15.5 h.p. Two-seater '

,, ,, Coupe ...

UNIC. 4-cyl. 13-24 h.p. Chassis only

VARLEY- WOODS. Two-seater Model

Four-seater Model
Coup6
VAUXHALL. 25 h.p. Chassis only
30 h.p. Chassis only

VULCAN. 16 h.p. Four-seater Model

12 h.p. Light Car, Two-seater
Four-seater ...

WAVERLY. 4-cyl. Chassis only

14 h.p. Five-seater Model
Saloon

WOLSELEY TEN. 4-cyl. Two-seater

Three-seater
Coupe
WOLSELEY FIFTEEN. 4-cyl. Touring

Saloon
WOLSELEY TWENTY. 6-cyl. Touring de luxe

Landaulet
Coup6
ZEPHYR. 4-cyl. 11.9 h.p. Chassis Complete ...

£700
750
800
£230
£600
600
£400
400
500
£1,650
£405
£385
425
525
£885
670
690
£525
600
700
£850
1,125
1,275
1,125
1,400
1,650
£950
1,230
1,050
£400
450
£970
£540
660
760
£950
1,125
£675
500
525
£450
575
750
£500
585
600
£800
1,000
£1,150
1,400
1,450
£350

A TRUCK OPPORTUNITY FOR SHANGHAI. MAY HAVE SHORTAGE OF TIRES IN U. S.

Thirty Wichita Motor Trucks to be Placed on Local Market

at Cost.

An unprecedented opportunity for persons interested in
the purchase of motor trucks or firms who desire to buy
motor vans is being offered in Shanghai. The fleet, which
is to be sold at cost, consists of thirty of the well known
Wichita trucks, all brand new", in excellent upkeep, and some
are still in crates ready for shipment.

In addition, with the trucks are being offered two sets
of tires each and a complete supply of spare parts. The
agency for the vehicle is also open to parties interested.

A number of truck lines have been, proposed for different
parts of China, and many Shanghai firms have evinced an
interest in the purchase of motor freighters and this will
prove an excellent opportunity for them.

Lack of Cotton Fabric Predicted to Cut Down Output,
According to Report.

Tha>t there may be a shortage in the production of
automobile tires during the year of 1920 in the United States
due to extraordinary conditions now prevailing with the
cotton mills in the United States, is the report which has
been received in Shanghai by the local office of Edward
Maarer Co., Inc., of New York.

A serious shortage in the cotton fabrics which go into
the manufacture of tires has already been experienced, the
report declares, and various tire manufacturers have reported
that unless conditions improve that the shortage in cotton
fabrics will have its reflection in the lowering production
of tires. .........

Fbbbuary, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOB.

^Milburn

W&XL ELECTRIC

M 10

Any One Can Operate A Milburn

Many owners do it and derive a great deal of
pleasure from it.

There is a certain attachment that springs
up between a man and his car when he runs and
operates it himself. But this is possible to a
great extent with electrically driven cars only.
The highly complicated mechanism of some cars
demands too much attention, and the care is left
to chauffeurs.

Run a Milburn of your own and the pleasure
of automobile riding will increase many fold.

Andersen, Meyer 6 Co., Ltd.

SHANGHAI

7 Yuen Ming Yuen Road Telephone Central 778

Also at Peking, Tientsin, Hankow and Hongkong.

NEW AMERICAN CARS ON LOCAL MARKET.

Commonwealth and Spacke to be Sold by Frame, Leaycraft and Company in China.

Two of the latest American motor cars, whose intro-
duction in the field of automobiling in the United States
has caused quite a furore, are to be introduced to the motor-
ing pubic of Shanghai and China by Frame, Leaycraft and
Company, importers and exporters of New York and Lon-
don, who have recently opened offices in Shanghai at 51a
Kiangse Road, in charge of Mr. E. P. Gosling.

The two machines are the Commonwealth and the
Spacke. The Spacke is said to be one of the sensations
of the opening season in the United States1 and of the New
York motor show, being the first car to ever be offered on
the market at a price below that of the Ford. More than
this, it is said to be equal if not superior to the latter men-
tioned machine both in body lines of construction, and in
performance.

The specifications of the Spacke follow : two passenger
roadster body, two cylinder engine, 3 \ bore, 3f stroke, own
make engine, 90 inch wheelbase, battery type of ignition,
Atwater-Kent make, Carter carbureter, cone clutch, two
speeds forward, and special own make rear axle. The price

of the new machine has not as. yet been announced in
China but it is certain that when this comes it will be a great
surprise even to the most imaginative.

The Commonwealth Four-Forty is the production of
a company which has recently been organized from experts
for the use of gasoline and oil burning engines, and the pro-
duction of motor car's, The specifications for the Common-
wealth are : five passenger body, Lycoming four cylinder
engine, 3 J bore, 5 stroke, 32 x 4 front and rear tires,
116 inch wheel base, battery ignition, Atwater-Kent,
Dyneto starting and lighting system, Carter Carbureter, disc
clutch, three speeds, full floating rear axle, Peru make.

In Shanghai the Commonwealth enjoys the distinction
of being the first motor car ever offered on the local market
at a price in gold dollars.

The China branch of Frame, Leaycraft and Company
will also have on the market within a., short time a full line
of motor accessories coming from the foremost manufacturers
of such products in the United States and elsewhere.

THE OKIENTAL MOTOE.

February, 1920.

THIS SIGNAL
MAY MEAN NOTHING

BUT

A Diamond Stop & Turning

Signal Here Does Mean

SOMETHING

EFFECTIVE
NIGHT AND DAY

And is Instantly, Instinctively Understood by a Driver Following

THE DIAMOND STOP AND TURNING SIGNAL consists of two nicely
designed diamond shaped lamps mounted on right and left side in rear of car
and is operated by a small one-lever switch, which is fastened to the steering-
column, close under the steering wheel. All three signals, STOP, RIGHT
or LEFT, are given by the same lever, which flashes a red light on right for
RIGHT turn, on left for LEFT turn and both lamps for STOP.

Stocked by

H. S. Honigsberg & Co., Inc.,

40 Bubbling Well Road

SHANGHAI

Telephone West 1234

HIGH RECORD OF AUTOMOBILE EXPORTS SHOWN FOR U. S.

Motor Car Manufacturers Send Products to all Parts of the Civilized World.

The receait assertion that three-fourths of the automo-
biles of the world are owned in the United States and that
Bine-tenths of those now in the whole world were produced
in manufacturing establishments of the U.S. lends interest
to a compilation by The National City Bank of New York
regarding American exportation of automobiles from the
earliest date to the present moment.

These figures show that the exports of automobiles
and parts thereof, including tires and engines, have, in
the 20 years since the exportation began, aggregated about
$1,000,000,000. The calendar year 1919 surpassed all
records, even that of the war years when large numbers
of commercial autos were sent to Europe for use in the war
area. The value of automobiles and parts thereof, includ-
ing tires and engines, exported in the calendar year 1919
aggregated approximately $185,000,000 as against
$14,000,000 in the fiscal year 1916, the former high record ;
$38,000,000 in the fiscal year 1914, all of which immediate-
ly preceded the war; $11,000,000 in 1910; $2,500,000 in
1905, and slightly less than $1,000,000 in 1902, the first
year in which automobile exports were considered of suffi-

cient importance to justify a separate statement in the'
Government record of merchandise exported. Of the
$185,000,000 worth of automobiles and parts thereof ex-
ported iti the calendar year 1919, $35,000,000 worth were
commercial cars ; $75,000,000 worth passenger ; $41,000,000
"parts of automobiles" ; nearly $30,000,0000 worth tires,
and about $5,000,000 worth of automobile engines.

Where do they go? Literally to every part of the
world. France, formerly a very large manufacturer of
automobiles, is showing a remarkable appreciation of the
American commercial machine, the total number of com-
mercial automobiles sent to that country in the calendar
year 1919 having been about 3,600, valued at over";
$15,000,000; though of passenger machines the demand
from Erance is comparatively small, the total for the calendar
year 1919 aggregating less than 1,000 and the value but
about $2,000,000. Great Britain, which took large num-
bers of commercial machines during the war period is now
apparently manufacturing thetm for herself, for the total
value of commercial machines sent to that country has
fallen from $20,000,000 in 1917 and nearly $7,000,000 in

February, 1920.

THE OBIENTAL MOTOR.

INTRODUCING

THE COMMONWEALTH

ULTRA FOUR-FORTY

Price

G. DOLLARS

800

Delivered
Shanghai

5-Passenger Touring

" The Car With the Foundation "

A car that has been thoroughly tested and has proven its reliability in many countries of the
world. Its graceful and artistically designed body, elegant finish, efficient upholstering and beautiful top
are' immensely pleasing.

THE COMMONWEALTH owes its reputation as a can mechanically right to its

sterling constructural features and actual road performance.

°9

51a Kiangse Road

SHANGHAI

Phone C. 1901

1918 to only about $500,000 in 1919. Cuba is apparently
appreciating" the auto truck, for the number sent to that
island in 1919 is abou 750, valued at nearly $2,000,000, as
against 557 in 1918, valued at about $1,000,000.

Sixty countries and colonies took American commercial
machines in 1918, the latest year for which a detailed state-
ment is available, and the number of countries taking pas-
senger machines was 80. Iceland took in 1918 40 pas-
senger machines at a value of $34,000, and one commercial
machine, valued at $2,245. To Siam, the number of
passenger machines exported in 1918 was 85 at a value of
$75,860; to India, 72 machines, valued at $70,254, and
11 commercial machines, valued at $22,000. To the far
off Dutch East Indies, we exported in 1918 no less than
1,260, passenger machines, valued at $1,567,766, and <:l
commercial machines 154, valued at $335,536, while the
figures for the calendar year 1919 indicate a total of about
2,000 machines, valued at approximately $2,500,000.

The imports of automobiles into the United States
which have aggregated $31,000,000 since the first record,
that of 1906, have declined from the high water mark of
$3,837,000 in 1910 to $524,709 in 1919.

WHAT BECOMES OF THE OLD CARS?

The Eternal Question Analyzed.

You hear it said ever and often, "Where do all the
old automobiles go?", and well can one ponder over tint
question as there are upwards of a million cars traded in or
replaced every year and the old models must go — somewhere.

In answering the question, H. T. Whaelock of the Velie
Company, U. S. A., said: —

"The majority of old cars go to the junk man, of course.
They were improperly built originally and did not stand
up as will the cars of today ; they were too expensive to
operate, and not at all comfortable or efficient. Those old
cars deserve to be melted up and used again.

"Then there are the fairly good cars which are converted
into trucks and serve a period of usefullness before being
finally claimed by the scrap man. Then, the majority of
cheap cars, whose short life is the joy of the iron dealer, and
finally the old cars that are still serviceable and going strong.
Not ail the old cars, however, have outlived their use-
fullness ; as is the case with the man himself— a car is only
as old it feels.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

February, 1920.

MOTOR CAR
INSURANCE

THE COMPREHENSIVE POLICY

MOTOR TRUCKS MEET EMERGENCIES.

OF THE

ALLIANCE ASSURANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED
(ASSETS OVER £24,000,000)

Affords FULL COVER to Motorists,

INCLUDING—
LIABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES.—
DAMAGE TO, OR LOSS OF, CAR

(including lamp and accessories) by —

Collision or ofijer Accident,
Fire, Ligijtrpng, Explosion or Self-Ignifior),
Robbery or Theft or any attempt Thereat,
JWalicious arjd Wilful ^\cts by any Persons.

MEDICAL & SURGICAL EXPENSES

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

Can be included in i\\e Policy by Arrangement

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PROMPT AND LIBERAL SETTLEMENT
OF ALL CLAIMS.

AGENTS—

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SHANGHAI,

AND AT

TIENTSIN, PEKING, HANKOW, TSINGTAO.

Utility of Gasoline Transoort Demonstrated in Time
of Need in City and Nation.

Having had a great share in winning the war for the
Allies, the motor truck, lorry, or camion, as it is called in
different countries, has since been rendering a tremendous
service in keeping open the arteries of commerce. With
steam and electric railways crippled by strikes, the only
means of transporting food and passengers, in many dis-
tricts of several countries, has been the motor vehicle.

Some months ago found New York, largest city of the
world, facing a tie-up of all its transportation facilities.
Hundreds of thousands of people who came miles eacn
morning to their work in office or store, would, but for the
saving motor truck, have been kept at home, with a con-
sequent large loss in wages, to say nothing of the great harm
to business in general. Thousands of commercial vehicles
were instantly placed in service along regular routes, several
hundred of them under the direct control of the city ad-
ministration. So efficient did the system prove that a
comparatively small percentage of the commuting popula-
tion were kept from their work by the strike.

Even more dramatic use of the motor truck was made
throughout England during the recent nation-wide shut
down of the railroads. At midnight on the 26th of Septem-
ber the blow fell that was designed to paralyze the entire
movement of persons' and supplies throughout Great Britain.
Within twenty-four hours motor trucks were at work clear-
ing the great London railroad terminals of perishable goods ,
motor mail services were running between the larger centres,
and a skeleton road-transport had been organized. Offers of
service poured in from all sides. Among the classes appeal-
ed to by, the Government on the 28th were those experienced
in the organization and control of motor transport on the
road, engineers with experience in maintenance and equip-
ment of motor vehicles and drivers and mechanics for petrol
driven trucks.

The response was immediate. Men and women poured
in to register as drivers and offers to vehicles were received
by the thousand. By the 29th, a wide system of motor
transport, was working throughout the country. Erorn
Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sheffield, Portsmouth, and other
towns reports came in that motor trucks were bringing in
supplies, distributing food, material and mails; that large
motor buses ware carrying passengers ; that private cars
were caxrying all possible to and from their business and
that motor vans and trucks were taking the place of work-
men's trains.

By the time that the strike was brought to a close, the
country was acually over-supplied with food stuffs conveyed
by motor. The shops were full of commodities ; there was
no lack of milk supply — everything had been worked out
on a highly efficient basis. Petrol was placed on a priority
schedule as follows :

February, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOK.

We will sell you a

RISCOE

FAVOURABLE EXCHANaE

has made possible this

BIG REDUCTION

5 Seater Touring
2 Seater Roadster

THE CAR WITH THE
HALF-MILLION DOLLAR MOTOR

EVERY CAR IS GUARANTEED FOR ONE YEAR

FITTED WITH H. T. MAGNETO AND OVERSIZE TYRES, ELECTRIC STARTING AND LIGHT-
ING. LOW PETROL CONSUMPTION. EASY PAYMENT SYSTEM MAY BE ARRANGED

For demonstrations, apply to

THE AUTO PALACE Co.,

362 Avenue Joffre, SHANGHAI. Telephone W. 465
Practical Motor Engineers

For Taels

1,100

1. Food transport. 2. Mail services. 3. Medical
needs. 41, Municipal requirements. Some idea of the
vastness of the road transport scheme may be gathered from
the fact that over 5,000 trucks were used for the conveyance
of milk alone, 1,000 of these t ringing milk to London.
More milk was brought into Liverpool in one day than had
ever been brought there by the railways.

The result of these great tests of the worth of motorized
transport is to prove unquestionably the necessity of putting
this system on an equally efficient basis with the railroads.
The future must be one of roads and yet more roads over
which the motor truck can operate on regular schedule as
not only a feeder to the railroad on long hauls but as x
separate entity on many shorter hauls. One instance of the
practical operation of this is at Liverpool, where one-third
of the imported food of England enters. The motor dis-
tribution scheme evolved there during the strike is so mudj
more efficient than the former method of railway shipment
that it will undouttedly be retained.

Tn the United States the development of motor trans-
port has been extremely rapid during the past few years. In
many districts truck express services have been placed on a
regular schedule basis, which not only relieve railroad con-
gestion but frequently reach territories long without any
freight transportation facilities. The result is that additional
food supplies reach the markets, with a consequent price
reduction, and other material is delivered far more quickK7

than when the railroad alone had to be depended upon *er
transportation. The community is also protected from th-j
results of railroad strikes and freight embargoes. One forty
mile route over good roads in the state of Ohio has relieved
the railroads in that district to the extent of 800 freight cars
a week.

The Government is beginning to take advantage of the
experience of private owners of commercial cars and trucks
and is installing motorized transport for the carrying of the
mails and parcel post. The system will be composed of
great truck lines running from north to south, with numer-
ous feeder branches radiating into the surrounding country.
Assistant Post Master General Blakslee estimates an annuil
income of $200,000,000 will be received by the Government
from this source with expenses of only $50,000,000. On
one postal route alone during the past year the profit was
$90,000.

In 1914 the number of commercial cars in use in ha
United States was 136,000. In 1918 it had increased to
nearly 600,000. The estimated production for 1919 is
about 300,000 of which 40,000 will be made by the General
Motors Corporation alone. Succeeding years will expand
production and use of the motor truck at an even more
rapid rate. Motor transport and good roads are the answer
to food scarcity and freight congestion. The world realizes
that, and is demanding and buying the trucks and ap-
propriating millions of dollars for the roads.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR. February, 1920.

MONCHEN GARAGE CHANGES HANDS.

IT IS more profitable to insure your car BEFORE
*■ a smash than afterwards. You have bought the
most suitable car for- your purpose — now take out
the most suitable policy to protect that car.

The "YANGTSZE" Policy offers the
fullest possible protection and is the
most generous to the car owner.

RING UP THE

INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, LTD.

(Shanghai Central 5475)
and ask for a prospectus.

MORIMURA GARAGE Co.

N. 2958— Telephones— N. 2939
I. 13 North Soochow Road, Shanghai

MOTOR CAR & MOTOR CYCLE
Repairing & Overhauling

All kinds of Rubber Goods

GOODRICH TIRES

Show Room : 137 Chapoo Road.

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Modern Building erected 1918.

Joseph Ph. Monchen, who has been operating the
Monchen Garage, Tsingtao, has sold the concern to Japanese
interests who will continue under the name of Monchen
Motor Co.

New York Show Proves A Winner.

(Continued from Page 10.)

To mention a few more or less distinctive examples that
recur to mind, there is the new Willys-Knight "penta-
gonal" effect, which is secured by making a break in the-
upper curve of an otherwise rounded radiator, thus form-
ing a slight vertical ridge on either side and also a slight
"shelf" effect at the edge. These lines, however, dis-
appear at the cowl. The redesigned Briscoe, a much larger
appearing car than its predecessors, has the rounded hood,
and radiator effect in combination with a beveled edge body
in the touring car. The well-remembered Hudson design r
on the other hand, remains practically intact in general
effect, as do a number of others, including the Chalmers,
Chandler and Liberty. Fenders also are a means of deter-
mining the new lines. A new note in fonder design this
year is a return to some form of ornamentation. This may
be the double radius section peculiar to Dodge Brothers cars,
and therefore an almost universal standard in the public-
eye, or afforded a sharply defined panel effect, as in the case
of the trig little Scripps-Booth, and quite a number of others.
Close-fitting guards without running boards appear on a
very special Velie sport car built for the show and having a
distinctive sharp line effect carried throughout, that rend-
ers it essentially a car to be looked at twice.

More, distinction in lamp designs is noticeable than in
many previous years. As still another new note in the
show, there was the disc wheel. This appeared, in a sense,
on trial, but was displayed by a number of makers, usually
in conjunction with both wood and wire wheels as options.
Of the new sport cars carrying "California" tops, and having"
in several instances the flat back and sharp body corner,
there were several examples.

February, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOK.

THE WELL KNOWN HAYNES CARS

5 and 7 Passenger Touring and Roadster Models

IN STOCK

We always have a good stock of Used Cars — best makes only. We also have for immediate
delivery a number of Motor Trucks in various capacities ranging from 1^ to 3J Tons.

Phone C. 402

AUTO CASTLE 228 Avenue Joffre

DUPONT FOUR MAKES INITIAL BOW.

$3,000 Chassis Has Exceptionally Easy Steering and Other Modern Features,

The name DuPont has been associated with so much
activity during the past year that it is no surprise to many
to learn that the name has entered the automobile field.
E. Paul DuPont, son of the late Francis G. DuPont, is head
of a new concern to manufacture the four-cylinder DuPont
car, which made its first appearance at the Salon in New
York. One stock model is being offered for the present, a
touring car which sells for $4,000. The chassis alone is
$3,000. One is impressed more than anything else with
the cleaji-cut design of the entire car, which has even7 ex-
pression of being excellently made. Though the main units
are substantially designed according to convention, there
are numerous details which are not used on any American
cars. One of the most impressive features is the ease of
steering, the system being designed after racing practice.
One may try the wheel when the wheels are resting on the
ground and steer as freely as though they were entirely off
the ground.

The four-cylinder engine is an L-head block-cast design
mounted with plate clutch and four-speed transmission in

unit. The drive is conventional. The wheelbase is 124
inches and the tires 32 by 4J. We are not able, at this
time, to give the details of the equipment used, as the manu-
facturer is as yet undecided as to those that will be employed,
except to say that ignition will be by magneto.

The engine is a neat job in all details. An odd design
is the intake manifold and carbureter mounting. The heat
is taken from the exhaust manifold through the cylinder
casting to the carbureter, the latter feeding to a manifold on
the outside of the carbureter, which is reversed from ordinary
practice. A force feed oiling system is employed, the pipes to
the main bearings being outside the engine. The cooling is by
thermo-syphon. The interior of the engine is for the most
part conventional. The pistons are aluminum alloy, the
rods I-beam and the crankshaft a three-bearing type.

Of particular importance is the rear suspension.
The frame horn terminates in a universal to
which the shackle is fastened and the semi-
elliptic rear spring is attached to the shackle. An oil cup is
suitably mounted to feed the joint.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

February, 1920.

MOTOR TRUCK
SERVICE

'Phone North 2379

We can prove to you that you will
not only save time but money as
well by using our Truck Service.

NOTHING
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Special Facilities for Handling

HEAVY CARGO

A Big Factor is Safety in -Transit
which we Gmrantee.

Let us Estimate on your Cartage

DAY AND NIGHT SERVCIE

Commercial Transportation Co.

698 Tiendong Road, Shanghai.

THE ERA OF THE TRUCK.

American University to Teach Motor Transportation
and Highway Improvement.

The horseless age ! The saying is a trite one, and we
have heard it so often it seems to be bromidic to say so again,
but it will bear repetition. The "horseless age" did not
come with the advent of the automobile. The passenger
business or joy-riding automobile did not displace the horse.
But now comes the truck and gradually this is displacing the
horse and pushing its big brother, the locomotive, hard.

Recent developments indicate this in a very forceful
manner. As one instance is given the commencement of
the first course, the coming year, to train men to meet the
needs of the phenomenally expanding highway improve-
ments and motor transport upon which the United States
is entering, by the University of Michigan. Classes started
January 24 to 31, immediately following the big Highway
Conference at Chicago. A great many of the men attend-
. ing this conference are said to have made arrangements to
attend the course.

Professor Arthur H. Blanchard, formerly of Columbia
Universit3T, will direct the classes. This is the first course
of the kind to be given in any university in the United States.
Besides his own lectures, Professor Blanchard has arranged
to bring to the university, men who are experts in the
different subjects entering into the curriculum of study, that
they may lecture on their own specialities and answer any
questions asked.

Commenting on the regular and special courses he pro-
poses to give, Professor Blanchard said :

"Development of highway transportation creates a de-
mand for men having knowledge of and trained in highway
transport engineering. Fundamentally, this branch of en-
gineering deals with the science, art, economics, and busi-
ness of transporting passengers and commodities/'

The course will include a consideration of the following
subjects :

History of American transportation and rural develop-
ment ; English highway transport methods and legislation ;
inter-relationship of highway, railway, and waterway trans-
portation including influencing factors of distances, rates,
kinds of freight, and equipment ; port, terminal, and ware-
house facilities; inter-relationship of highway transport,
good roads, and rural development ; American highway traffic
legislation including national, state, county, township, and
municipal laws, licenses, taxes, and traffic regulations ;
fundamentals of highway engineering affecting economic
highway transport ; American highway transport methods
and transportation survevs. — "International Trade and
shipping Digest."

February, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

HOW ABOUT YOUR

BATTERY TROUBLES?

ARE YOU STILL HAVING YOUR BATTERY CHARGED IN THE OLD WAY?

IF YOU WANT REAL BATTERY SERVICE SEND
YOUR CAR TO US.

AND IF YOU ARE SUFFICIENTLY INTERESTED KINDLY
CALL AND WE WILL EXPLAIN THE SUPERIORITY OF
OUR BATTERY SERVICE SYSTEM IN DETAIL

THE CHINA GARAGE Co.

21 FOOCHOW ROAD.

SHANGHAI.

TEL. C. 2403

MILBURN PLANT HAS A FIRE.

NEW SAFETY DEVICE BROUGHT TO CHINA.

Property and Equipment Valued at $900,000 Lost in
Recent Blaze.

The Milburn Wagon Company, manufacturers of the
widely known Milburn Electric, experienced a loss of
($ 900, 000, including thirty complete electrics and many
automobile bodies, in a fire that destroyed a portion of their
plant at Auburndale, a suburb of Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A., in
late December. The loss was fully covered by insurance.

The fire, however, only temporarily stopped the opera-
tions of the company as a new building is now in process of
erection and is expected to be ready for occupancy on March
T. During the interim, the company has been filling" the
demands of the dealers from temporary plants.

The Shanghai motorists, however, will not suffer from
the loss of the company since a shipment was made to the
local agents of the Milburn Electric, Andersen, Meyer and
Co., Ltd., two days before the conflagration.

Diamond Stop and Turning Signal Will Lessen Possibility of
Traffic Accidents.

The Diamond Stop and Turning Signal, a new safety
device to avoid traffic accidents, has been brought to Shang-
hai and China by H. S. Honigsberg and Co., Inc.

The device consists of two diamond shaped lamps
fastened at the right and left sides of the rear of a mchine,
made in such a manner as to be effective both night and
day. Both lamps show red when a "stop" is indicated,
left red for a left turn, right red for a right turn. The
device may be attached within a few momenta.

The signal is opez-ated by a small one-lever switch,
fastened under the steering wheel to the steering column.
Turning the lever to the right gives the right turn signal,
to the left the left turn and upward the s.top. It is so
constructed as to be absolutely "fool-proof."

These devices are now experiencing a large sale in the
United States and are required by city ordinances and state
laws in many sections.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

February, 1920.

A NEWCOMER IN SHANGHAI MOTORDOM.

The post-tvar model
Diatto- Gnome, an Italian
Motor car, which ivill
soon he on sale in China.
It has a four wheel
hrdke, four cylinder
motor 60 x 90, three
speeds, and a friction
drive.

THE OVERLAND 4 A DEPARTURE.

Details of the Newest Low Priced American Vehicle with Remarkable Spring Suspension Construction.

Overland' s light 4 is on the market after a development
period lasting several years. This model, for which big pro-
duction has been planned, shows what actually can be done
m the low-price, car field in producing a light car of short
wheelbase and, at the same time, utilizing a long springbase
for a roomy five-passenger body. The feature of this car
is its spring suspension, which first attracted attention two
years ago at the New York show. By means of this, the
car of 100 inches wheelbase is given a springbase of 130
inches and riding qualities of a superior degree, which many
believed could not be had in a car of that price. The suspen-
sion is referred to as a three-point cantilever. Tn order to
utilize it, it has been necessary to devise a frame of unusual
shape. There are two straight, reversed side rails (channel
outside) with curved connecting members at either end.
These members extend beyond the end of the rails, thus
providing a means of spring attachment 15 inches beyond
the wheelbase points.

In front, there are really four springs. Two of these
a,re of six leaves each and two of one leaf each. The former
above the axle and the others below. An
bolt secures the springs to the axle, while

plant is used for the first time by Overland and the drive
rearward through an enclosed single-joint propeller shaft, to!
three-quarter floating axle with spiral gears. The axle
ratio is 4 to 1.

are

eye

frame attachment,
p rings, the left

a bolt and clip are used for
In the rear there are two eight-
being bolted to the frame and shackled to the brake support,
while the right is attached to the axle by the usual eye bolt.
The one shackle takes care of elongation in the rear. These
rear springs take the driving effort.

Aside from its spring suspension the new Overland is
novel in many other respects for a car of this class. It is
sold completely equipped in every detail and shows construc-
tion of the more advanced sort in every unit. A unit power

The L-head engine is of conventional design with block
cylinders and a detachable head. It is syphonically cooled and
oiled by pressure. The engine flywheel operates in a bath
of oil which is thrown from the periphery of the wheel and
by its centrifugal force maintains sufficient pressure for cir-
culation. An advanced form of complete unit oiling is used,
for the one reservoir feeds oil to the three crakshaft bearings,
engine interior clutch, transmission and universal. This is
a step forward in car lubrication which many have predicted.

Auto-Lite electrical units are used throughout, the
starting-lighting being by means of separate units. The
Tillotson carbureter is fed by gravity from a cowl tank of
ten gallons capacity. To slay the least, the power plant is
cleanly designed and fits well into this remarkable chassis.

The clutch is a dry plate design running in oil. Cone
clutches have been featured by Overland up to this time.
The unit transmission is a conventional three-speed set,
using ball and plain bearings.

The remainder of the chassis is conventional, except the
steering, which has a planetary set at the bottom — a form
of construction not frequently seen.

Every detail has been worked out to make the car re-
present the most advanced low-priced vehicle on the market
and one which rightfully should take a place in the line of
automotive progress. The weight is given at 1,825 pounds
in touring form, and even with that weight the car is so
well balanced as to provide a high degree of riding comfort.

February, 1920.

THE OBIENTAL MOTOE.

High Grade

American Gasoline

Spot Stock

We offer you a rare opportunity to buy your Requirements
at the Right Price. Immediate delivery. Proper quality.

It will pay you to investigate.

Call or write to

A. F. THANE &» Co.,

26, Canton Road, Shanghai.

FIGURES SHOW MARKED GROWTH IN AMERICAN
AUTO YIELD.

NORTH BRITISH

AND

Some highly interesting figures in connection with the
motor industry in the United States oating from 1899, are
given in the following table :

PASSENGER CAR PRODUCTION.

Year — Number Wh'sale value

1899 ',. 3,700 $ 4,750,000

1904 21,281 23,634,364

1909 127,731 159,918,506

1914 .... 543,679 413,859,379

1917 1,740,792 1,053,505,781

1918 ' 926,388 801,937,925

1919 1,586,787 1,399,282,995

Average whole-sale price for 1919 — $882.

MOTOR TRUCK PRODUCTION.

Year — Number Wh'sale value

1904 411 $ 946,947

1911 10,655 22,292,321

1917 128,157 220,982,668

1918 227,250 434,168,992

1919 305,142 408,311,585

Average wholesale price for 1919 — $882.

Total motor vehicle production in 1919 was 1,891,929,
valued wholesale at $1,807,594,580.

MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.

MOTOR CAR INSURANCE

MODERATE RATES

AND

COMPREHENSIVE CONDITIONS

INCLUDING

UNLIMITED THIRD PARTY LIABILITY.

AGENTS :—

E. D. SASSOON & Co., 9 Jinkee Road

MANAGER :

E. E. PARSONS, 12 Hankow Road

SHANGHAI.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR.

February, 1920.

MOTOR CAR

INSURANCE

REDUCED RATES

AND

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

GENERAL

ACCIDENT, FIRE AND LIFE

ASSURANCE

CORPORATION, LIMITED.

For prospectus apply to the
FAR EASTERN MANAGER,

4a PEKING ROAD, SHANGHAI.

or WHEELOGK & Co., French Bund.

SHANGHAI HORSE BAZAAR

AND

MOTOR COMPANY, LTD.

Exclusive Agents For : —

FIAT CARS
BERLIET CARS
STEARNS CARS
STUDEBAKER CARS
SCRIPPS-BOOTH CARS
ARROL-JOHNSTON CARS
THORNYCROFT TRUCKS
UNITED STATES TIRES
SAVAGE TIRES & TUBES
PREST-O-LITE BATTERIES
STEWART-WARNER PRODUCTS

And various lines of Accessories.

SHANGHAI

36 Bubbling Well Road

'Phone W. 1641

AMERIGAN 1919 MOTOR OUTPUT
REACHES TWO BILLION VALUE.

Alfred Reeves of American National Automobile

Chamber of Commerce Gives Some

Interesting Statistics.

By Leon J. Pinkson.
(Motor Editor of The San Francisco Chronicle.)
It was only twenty years ago when automobiles were
barred from Central Park in New York and Golden Gate
Park in San Francisco," writes Alfred Eeeves, general
manager of the x\merican National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, in his annual review of the American automobile
industi j . Yet within these two decades , " he continues , "no
year has gone by except the war year of 1918, which has no:
seen an increased demand for these time-saving vehicles, now
such an important part of our American life, having advanced
from the position of toys for the rich to a position on a pair
with the telephone, telegraph and the railroads m their work
of transporting men and merchandise.

Tn support of this statement Eeeves has prepared an
interesting statistical record that clearly shows the steady
and substantial growth of the industry, until it stands-
today in the two billion dollar class, is second to the steel in-
dustry and is looked upon as the leader of standardized pro-
duction and in its co-operative and constructive work sets a.
vortby example to other industries.

1919 is now the banner year for the number of motor
vehicles produced, according to Eeeves, who states :

"Notwithstanding the small production during the first
three months of 1919, following the armistice, when the
industry was on practically a 100 per cent war basis, motor

car manufacturers made such gigantic strides

during

the

other nine months that the year's production of 1,891,929-
motor vehicles evceeds all previous records including 1917,
when 1,868,000 cars and trucks were produced.

"Passenger car production was slightly less than im
1917, totaling 1,586,787 as against 1,740,000 for 1917. The
truck production, however, increased substantially, rising
from. 227,000 in 1918 to more than 305,000 in 1919.

"The total wholesale value of passenger cars was
$1,399,282,995, an average of $882 per car, while the truck
value was $408,311,585, an average $1,338 per vehicle.

"The total value of these products was $1,807,594,580,.
which, when combined with the wholesale value of bodies,,
spare tires and accessories to equip the cars or trucks ready
for the owner's use, brings the industry7 close to the two
billion dollar class with a practical certainty that this year its
position will be second only to steel among the manufacture
ing industries of the country.

February, 1920,

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

The petrol consumption is un-
usually low

The tire mileage is unusually
high

People come to the dealer with a real desire to own the car.

It is more thin a mere willingness to buy.

A good opinion has been formed in advance.

The car seems to stand well everywhere, and with the
best class of buyers.

THE SHANGHAI GARAGE CO., LTD.

Operating
THE STAR GARAGE AND THE EASTERN GARAGE.

Our Main Show Room, Star Garage 125, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai.

"The rapid advance of the truck has resulted from its
meritorious performance in the war, in general commercial
life, in connection with rural motor express lines and in
practically every other department of commerce. Buses are
increasing in great number, it being worthy of note that n<
Newark, N. J., 16,000,000 passengers were carried by buses
during the first half of 1919, the fares amounting to $800,000.

Looking into the future the general manager of the
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce says: "Just
how many cars can be used in the United States depends en-
tirely on the improved roads and bettering the traffic con-
ditions in big cities by the use of underground garages and
parking places for cars not in use. There are many who
believe that a few years from now will see 12,000,000 motor
vehicles running in this country.

"Notwithstanding its giant strides in twenty years, the
industry has not been one in which it was easy to succeed,
as evidenced by the fact that more than 700 makers failed
or retired from the business during the past six or seven
years.

"Many new companies now going into the business will
find the road difficult and success coming only to enterprising,
well-financed and well-managed concerns having vehicles
on a par with those now in use.

"One of the real reasons for the great growth of the
automobile industry has been the appreciation that every

person wants an automobile. It is generally a question of
price. The makers, therefore, worked to bring down prices
and thus permit of increased production, which in turn
brought prices down still further."

Regarding the tentative production of motor vehicles
tor 1920, Reeves substantiates a prediction made that the
yield would pass the 2,000,000 mark. Reeves figures that
the output of passenger cars should be not far from
2,250,000 cars with truck production between 400,000 and
425,000. It will in depend largely on materials, particularly
in connection with closed cars, for which the demand is
showing a tremendous increase.

Touching on the matter of automobile exports, Reeves
says :

"Exports are now only about $110,000,000, but this
should increase substantially during the next few years.
The wnrld's markets are being covered by the automobi.e
industry, our automobiles going last year to eighty-one
different countries, including Iceland, which bought twenty-
one ears and two trucks. There is a normal replacement
annually of about 16 per cent of the cars in use. Final
figures from the varkms states wrould indicate that almost
7,000,000 motor vehicles are now registered and running, m
the United States. Of this number about 10 per cent are
trucks."

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

February, 1920.

THE WORLD'S NEWEST DAREDEVIL STUNTS.

Ormer Locklear, Former American Army Aviator, Performs on Speeding Planes Thousands of Feet Up,

Locklear standing
on the upper wing of
liis biplane while at
full speed in the air.

The world demands to be amazed and awed by new
rockless and daring stunts continually and each new
advance in science brings its attendant thrillers. The old
leaping the gap on a bicycle', and looping the loop inside a
hollow ball was soon followed by the looping the loop in an
automobile and by the halloon leaps of earlier aviators. Now
with the rise of the airplane comes the latest thrillers and
their exponent, Lieut. Ormer Locklear.

During the war, Lieutenant Locklear was a. quiet and
hardworking instructor at an army aviation field near Port

Worth, Texas, U. S. A. But following the signing Of the
armistice and even before he received his honorable dis-
charge from the service of the United States, Locklear
began to startle his fellow aviators by hitherto unheard of
stunts on the wings, fuselage, and axle of an airplane.

The story is told that Locklear would have a pilot
"pal" drive his plane away from the government field to an
open landing field some few miles distant at which place
his wife would be waiting. Here his wife would climh
into the pilot's seat, take control of the machine and thou-

Another view of
Locklear standing
on the upper wing,
ivith the second
plane to which he
jumps shown on
the right.

February, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

DUE SHORTLY
COMMONWEALTH

ELGIN SIX

TOR CARS

JORDAN SUBURBAN SEVEN

I L

THE FEB LUNG GARAGE

OPERATING

HIRE
SERVICE

155-4
Hupeh Road

Phone C. 4133

RED SPOT SEARCHLIGHTS
FORD PARTS

LE Co.

SHOW
ROOMS

AND

SHOPS

F. 1787
Bubbling

Well

Phone W.

933

GOOD,/

TIRES

ND1AN MOTOR CYCLES
1 & 2 Cylinder IN STOCK

■sands of feet up in the air they would practice the stunts
which have now made the aviator famous for his reckless
courage and, according to many who have seen him, his fool-
hardiness.

After his release from the army, Locklear started on
Iris present career of giving exhibitions, and newspaper
; picture supplements all over the United States have carried
pictures of his stunts taken in the air, while his plane was
being drivon at top speed. From a comparatively insigni-
ficant instructor Locklear has come to he one of the most
talked of men in aviation all over the world. Crowds
everywhere stand with open mouthed astonishment to
watch his antics.

Here are a few of Locklear' s stunts : Standing erect
•on the tips of the plane's wings while in the air, doing
trapeze stunts on the axle of the landing gear, jumping from
•one plane to another while both are going at full tilt thou-
sands of feet above the ground, climbing by means of a

rope from one plane to another while both planes are
speeding on their course riding on the fuselage, and a
series of climbing stunts all over the plane in aotion.

There are rumors current that Lieut. Locklear is
planning to ccme the Far East for an exhibition of his
daring and will make a stop in Shanghai. Shanghai has
been visited by several foreign stunt aviators but has never
seen such flying as Locklear' s brand.

While there is a great amount of recklessness in what
the American bird man does, yet at the same time he has
shown the world the stability achieved by the airplane and
also the possibilities for aviators and particularly passengers
and observers in times of emergency.

Only one other stunt, such as Locklear' s, has ever teen
recorded in aviation. That being the leap of an aviator on
the Western Front from a flaming plane to the fuselage of
a second plane, whose pilot held it hoveling close by to
rescue his comrade.

THE .OMENTAL MOTOE.

Febeuaey, 1920.

A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OF SHANGHAI.

'vcvr ; m

A filling station of the
Texas Company Houston,
Texas. These stations are in
universal use by all companies
in the U. S.A. This may be
taken as a suggestion of
what the future may bring
to Shanghai.

SHANGHAI'S NEWEST GARAGE
HIRE SERVICE ONLY

ALL NEW HUPPS

Catering to that Class of Trade that
Desires the Best.

GREAT NORTHERN GARAGE Co.

SHANGHAI. 14, Astor Road

'Phone: N. 1463.

TRUCKS IN THE ORIENT.

NETHERLANDS GOTTA-PERCHA CO.

SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS

SINGAPORE— SOURABAYA— BATAVIA— CALCUTTA— SHANGHAI.

Vulcanizing Compound and Canvas
Radiator Hose

Rubber Matting

Motor Pump Tubing
Solid Tires
Large stocks at our Shanghai Offices and Storee
17 MUSEUM ROAD, SHANGHAI.

Garford Man Returns to U. S. Enthused Over Prospects;

The truck will conquer the Orient just as it has con-
quered the Occident. Civilization is keeping pace with good-
roads and good schools, and the automobile is followed by tbe-
truck. So, the the great force pushing the world along the-
lines of modern achievement and culture is found in the
means which make communication a pleasurable pursuit
through education and facility of travel and the interchange
of freight. The English and American influence in the Far-
East has boen tremendously strong, and a,s a result good road
conditions are gradually taking the place of the poor excuse-
for highways formerly the rule. But, despite the improve-
ment, the Orient is still, except in spots immediately sur-
rounding some headquarters of English influence or in the-
Philippines, a land of bad roads. Albert E. Fonts* the very
oapablo export manager of the Garford Motor Truck Com--
pan}-, of Lima, Ohio, has just returned from an extended
business survey of the Orient. Mr. Fonts visited Japan,
China, the Philippines, India, and Java, where he has met.
with gieat success, ad he speaks enthusiastically of the "ship-
by-truck" movement in the Orient. The Gaxford is a very
popular truck throughout the Far East, and through the in-
tensive and capable presentation of its merits by Mr. Fouts
it will be increasingly used in the rubber and sugar plantation
districts and for general hauling. Mr. Fouts succeeded in.
overcoming the usual Oriental prejudice wherever he met.
with it.

February, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

OREGON STATE LEGISLATURE BOOST
GAS PRICES.

New Standard Forces Rise from 1| to 2\ Cents Per Gallon,

Oregon motorists are now "enjoying" an extra charge
of \\ cents more per gallon for gasoline than their fellow
motorists of Washington and California have to pay, accord-
ing to a Portland dispatch. It really figures up 2J cents more
per gallon, because of a state tax of 1 cent per gallon levied
by the last legislature for the state highway fund.

The Standard Oil and Union Oil companies have just
added \\ cents per gallon to the price of gasoline in Oregon
and the Shell Co. and Associated Oil Co. are expected soon
to follow suit, because of the Oregon law which requires
that gasoline sold in the state must test 56 specific gravity,
Baume. So far a® known here no other state in the country
requires such a test.

The oil companies declare the increase is necessary to
cover the additional cost of putting the Oregon gasoline
through a special refining process, of shipping it in
special tanks, and of storing it in separate storage tanks.
They assert that even \\ cents per gallon does not
cover these additional costs and that Oregon motorists '.may
have to face a still further increase in the near future.

Washington, California and other Pacific coast states
have dropped the o'd specific gravity test, which ihr, oil
companies declare is meaningless so far as power value :;.
concerned, and base tl eir tests on the Cuited S^atc^- govern-
ment specifications, which are based on boiling points. The
gasoline sold in California and Oregon is of about 54 specific
gravity.

But the increase in price is not the worst of it. As there
is no market elsewhere for the special test gasoline required
by Oregon, according to the oil companies, they make only
enough of this specially refined product to supply the needr
of the state. One result is that any delay in shipments
causes a gasoline shortage there.

Last fall the shortage became so acute that the only
gasoline in Borland was the stock in the service station tanks,
any many towns in the interior were entirely without motor
fuel. At that time Governor Olcott suspended the law for
fifteein days to permit the oil companies. to bring in gasoline
cf lower specific gravity from Wasbington to tide over the
emergency. But the companies declare such a situation
may occur at any time in the future, despite the increased
price.

Governor Olcott recently called a special session of the
legislature for January. The gasoline law is certain to be
on3 of the mat+ers brought before it.

At present motorists in Portland have to pay 25 cents
per gallon for gasoline, which includes the 1 cent state tax
per gallon. Just across the Columbia river in Vancouver,

MOTOR GAR INSURANGE

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CAN POSSIBLY HAPPEN TO A CAR

ALSO

COVERS LIABILITY TO THE THIRD PARTY

BEFORE INSURING YOUR CAR GET OUR RATES

PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS

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7, Avenue Edward VII. Shanghai

J. BEUDIN & M. SPEELMAN,
General Managers.

Agencies :

TIENTSIN, 45, Rue de France.

HANKOW, Anderson, Meyer & Co.
PEKING, Regine's Building.

HONGKONG, Gerin, Drevard & Co.
BANGKOK, E. C. Mo nod & Co.

Oxy- Acetylene Welding

SERVICE

Why?

Because **

1. Insures against long Shutdowns.

2. Saves the Pieces, Welds all Metals any size, shape

or weight.

3. Prevents buying of New Parts.

4. Oxy •Acetylene is indispensable to the Metal

Industry,

5. A Good Oxy-Acetylene Welder is an

asset to a community.

6. When a breakdown puts your Machinery out of

commission, no other method of repair is as
efficient.

Write or Phone to

CHINA OXY-ACETYLENE
WELDING WORKS

SHANGHAI

Office Phone C. 1 982. 1 Yuen Ming Yuen Rd.

Wash., only nine miles away, gasoline costs only 22J cents.
The Washington gasoline appears to give just as much
satisfaction as the higher priced special process Oregon motor
fuel.

THE, ■. OMENTAL . MOTOE.,

February, 1920.

INSURANCE

Fire, Marine, Life,

Accident and Sickness.

Fidelity Guarantee

AND

MOTOR CARS

Commercial Union
Assurance Company, Ltd.

Total funds exceed £32,000,000.

China Branch Office;

UNION BUILDING.

4, The Bund, Shanghai.

STOPPING SPACE FOR MOTORS,

WINDSOR GLASSES

The Vogue in
Eyewear

Let us show how
becoming to you
WINDSORS are.

We supply all kinds of
spectacles :

Motor Goggles,
Sun Glasses,
Crookes,
Tories,

Luxfels,
Kryptoks ground according to prescription.

Branches :
PEKING, TIENTSIN, HANKOW, CANTON,
HONGKONG, CHANGSHA, NANCHANG.

CHINESE OPTICAL COMPANY

Head Office :-

P352 Nanking Road, Shanghai.
Telephone C. 3895.

jfo

If you want to know the specifications of any principal
British or American motor car, turn to the Motor Car Prices
and Specifications Department of "The Oriental Motor."
The prices are there too.

Do You Know How Far You Must Go to Come to a Standstill.

SPEED
JUfE PEJJHOUR

Leading automobile engineers have worked out the accompanying
chart. It shows hotv quickly an automobile, going at various speeds,
should be able to stop, providing the brake mechanism is efficient, and
road conditions average.

CHEVROLET WINS GOLD MEDALS IN
THIRD RUN TO CATALUNA.

American Car Proves Worth in Famous Spanish
Competition.

One of the most famous of the Spanish motor car com-
petitions is the Annual Test to Cataluna. This test consists
of a trial run of 596 kilometers to demonstrate the depend-
ability in action of the competing" cars. Most of this run is
over very rough roads.

The Third Test to Cataluna was held in 1919 during
the days of June 7th, 8th and 9th. Two Chevrolet 490'?
were entered in this contest, one a stock car carrying five
passengers, and the other equipped with a sport type body
with three passengers.

Both cars, in spite of the poor roads, made the run with-
out any trouble at all. This merely confirms the results of
many other tests won by the Chevrolet in all parts of the
world and proves that notwithstanding its low price and its
inexpensive upkeep , the Chevrolet has quality which can r e
favorably compared with cars of much greater price ani
power.

Both Chevrolet cars were awarded gold medals as in
the case of the second trial run to Cataluna which was held
in 1917.

The Chevrolet is as popular in Spain as it is in the
other countries of the world where it has proved its
capabilities as a dependable and economical unit of trans-
portation.

^February, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

HOW DO YOU KEEP AUTOMOBILE
HOUSE ?

Frequent Motor House Cleaning Is Important
in Car's Every-Day Service.

Not enough emphaeis as been laid on the motorist's
•cleaning hou^e — his automobile. I have an old darkey
whose method is to sweep litter into a corner, preferably
under a couch or behind a door, but anywhere in a pile,
"jes' to be handy to take up any time, sah," he explains.
But only when extra force is brought to bear on him does
he take it up.

So with much automobile house-cleaning, and the force
brought to bear is usually an accident. Some motorists
are proud of the cleanliness of their cars — most of them, for
that matter. They like to see the fenders and bodies well
polished and the nickeled parts bright and clean. That's
what shows, what people looking on admire. Other parts,
.out of sight,'. they are lax about. Cleanliness and shine are
for the eyes, and the eyes don't see underneath. So it
■doesn't matter.

So they say, and probably think.

But -good automobile housekeeping demands cleanli-
ness that is thorough, and which extends to the nooks and
corner under the hood, around the engine, transmission
brakes and other working parts. Doubtless the
most neglected part of -the average motor
car is the drip-pan under the engine. If a little oil is
spilled in filling the crankcase, few people will stop to wipe
it up. Down it trickles into the drip-pan, the first of a
series of such overflows to happen as long as the car is 'n
use. The purpose of the drip-pan is not to catch oil and dirt.
It is put there to protect the engine and other working parts
from foreign matter that could otherwise get in from below.
After the car has been used for several months,
considerable oil has probably been allowed to drop into the
pan. At first it spreads out in a film over the surface, an i
in the act of driving dust settles upon this film, changing
it to a sticky, non-drying mud, which process continues in
spite of the drain hole in the bottom of the pan. The drip-pan
should be cleaned as religiously as the rest of the car. Any
over flow of oil or. gasoline should be wiped up before it gets a
chance to run down into the pan. See that the drain hole
in the pan is not only stopped up, but has no accumulation
around it that will interfere with the free draining of the
pan. The easiest and best way to keep thei drip-pan and all
other parts under the hood clean is to be regular about it.
Whenever the car is lubricated or washed, see
to it that a little interior cleaning is done
as well. Don't permit overflow of oil to go unnoticed.
In this way the owner is assured of perfect cleanliness
that is not in any sense a detail, but is really important in
the everyday service of his car and makes it that much more
fireproof.

Mr. ROCKEFELBILT fo his CHAUFFEUR :

"Tom, you just wait me at the corner
while I drop in the Tobacconist's to purchase
a box of the BEAUTY CIGARETTES,
otherwise, I may not be able to hold myself
till we reach the Club House."

The reply was.'

" Yessir, but may I have a smoke on the
way, too ? "

pjanyang Bros. Tobacco Co., Ltd.

HEAD OFFICE
12, Nanking Road, Shanghai.

MONCHEN- GARAGE

Azabn-Dori, No. 1. Phone 608.

TSINCTAU.

Agents for : —

Scripps- Booth Cars,

Studebaker Cars,

Stearns Cars,

Savage Tires.

ALL STUDEBAKER CARS

USED ON HIRE SERVICE.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR,

February, 1920.

Tls. 1,000 Tls.

5 Pass. Touring

2 Pass. Runabout

EITHER MODEL

Complete with Electric Starting and Lighting

"D OOMINESS, plenty of leg room, excellent upholstery — rT"lHE smart roadster — its body refinements up to date in

these are the pleasing features of the seating arrange- ■*■ all respects — has the new and popular " Chummy "

ments of the 5-passenger touring car.

seating arrangement.

DONG CHONG BICYCLE Co.

P. 346 NANKING ROAD

SHANGHAI

'PHONE C. 1518

EVANS

POWER
CYGLES

Handy as a Bicycle— Weight 70 lbs.

Easy to handle and control

Efficient as a Motor Cycle

Price Complete Tls. 115.00.

READING

STANDARD

MOTOR

CYCLES

The World's Master Motor Cycle

TWIN MOTOR 16 ACTUAL H.P.

Maximum Power — Tremendous Speed

Model 19-T Price Tls. 330.00.

EXCELSIORS MADE GOOD WITH U. S. ARMY.

|The Military Model Motorcycle Came Through Grilling Tests Unscathed and Untcuched.

In the United States the feeling exists that if an auto-
mobile or motorcycle can pass the tests of the United States
.Army then there can be no question as to its fitness for
civilian, use, since it is widely known that the hardest usage
possible is that of the military and the most gruelling tests
are those of the inspecting officers of the corps. It is this feel-
ing which has given extreme popularity and placed the stamp
of approval en the new Excelsior Military Model Motor-
cycle, Series 19, which is heralded as the ultimate in motor-
cycle production. The new model is now being demonstrat-
ed and sold in Shanghai and China by the American Trading
Company, who in addition to their sales force, maintain the
services of an expert motorcycle engineer for the convenience
of their patrons and in order that they may be advised on
the problems of the machine as they present themselves.

The new machine was built after an investigation which
was conducted not only among the ranks of the foremost
en°inesrs of America skilled in the manufacture of motor-

cycles but also among those men who knew the cycles
by years of use on roads in all parts of the world. After the-
model had been completed and tried to the satisfaction of
the manufacturers, three were sent to the United States
Army Testing Station at Mafra, Texas, where they not
only met with all of the official requirements but accom-
plished feats suppoced to be impossible.

The Military model has the most powerful motorcycle
engine ever produced, according to its manfacturers, and the
tests of the government. The power is not attained through
a multiplicity of valves or complicated mechanism but
through mechanically perfect construction, extra large bear-
ings that minimize both friction and wear, and a perfect
balance of every moving part.

So great is the power of this motor that at the com-
pletion of the two thousand mile government test in the
mountainous, desert section of southwestern Texas, during
which time there had been absolutely no adjustment or even'

February, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

HARLEY DAYIDSION SPORT MODEL

Equipped with the new 6 horsepower opposed twin Power Plant, Super-Heated Manifold and enclosed

single chain drive leaves nothing to be desired.

Shipment due in March— Book your order NOW.

SQUIRES-BINGHAM Co.

17 NANKING ROAD

Exclusive Agents

SHANGHAI

GOODYEAR SALES.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, TJ. S. A.,
reports sales for the year ending October 31, 1919, as total-
ling $168,914,000, as compared with $131,271,382 in the
preceding year and net profits subject to Federal taxes of
$23,277,000, against $15,388,000.

President A. F. Seiiberling has set a mark of $250,000,-
000 as the goal for company's sales in the coming year,
stating that production at the present time is just double
what it was a year ago.

examination of the motor, two of the machines were sealed
in high gear and sent over one hundred and eight miles of
mountain roads with grades as high as forty per cent. The
gears were sealed by the army inspecting officers and at the
completion of the run were declared intact after an examina-
tion by him.

In addition to this run, three Excelsior motorcycles, one
with a side car, twice went over a sand road twenty- two
and a half miles long that had been declared impossible to
anv motor driven vehicle except caterpillar tractors, covering
this route the first time in two hours and the second in one
hour and forty minutos.

Some of the exceptional features of the new machine
are : extra large, roller bearing, mutiple disc clutch, cushion
sprocket, double trussed, military type, front fork, extra
wide crown and specially braced for lateral as wTell as
longitudinal strains, inclosed clutch and motor driven chain,
removable center bar, handle bar clutch control.

FIRST AUTO SHOW IN AMERICA.

Was Held in Robinson Bros., Circus with the
" Side Show " Freaks.

"The first automobile show ever held in the United
States consisted of three Haynes cars exhibited by a circus
man at a state fair in Columbus, Ohio, in the fall of 1896,"
says Elwood Haynes, President of The Haynes Automo-
bile Company, Kokomo, Indiana, TJ. S. A.

Lured by the insidious voice of the barker and the
thumping of drums., the curious, unbelieving crowds )f
merry-makers dropped their dimesS into the box at the en-
trance and passed into the tent where the three "horseless
carriages" were being driven around a small circular track.
And as the skeptics watched, their eyes grew large and their
mouths opened wide with awe and amazement at the sight
of a vehicle moving over the ground without any visible
means of locomotion.

John Robinson, a circus man, rented the first Haynes
for use in a "side show." The experiment proved such a
financial success that, upon completion of the second
Haynes, it also was rented by Mr. Robinson.

A short time later, wdien a third car had been built,
Mr. Robinson placed the three on exhibition xmder a more
pretentious canvas and charged a nominal admission price.
For the use of each car and driver he paid $150 a month.
Thus did the big national automobile shows get their start
at a county fair twenty-four years ago.

THE OBIENTAL MOTOR.

Febkuaby, 1920.

THE MILITARY EXCELSIOR MODEL 19

THE MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS

ALWAYS MADE GOOD

NOW MADE BETTER THAN EVER

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Illustration shows Model 19-E with MIDCO Electric System, including Magneto Generator, Electric Head and Bear Lamps and Electric Horn.

AMERICAN TRADING COMPANY

PEKING TIENTSIN SHANGHAI HANKOW HARBIN

Exclusive Distributors for China.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOTORCYCLE.

Four Cylinder Models Predicted to Win Increased Favor.

The development of the motorcycle covers the com-
paratively short span of 34 years, since Daimler first success-
fully applied the high-speed gasoline engine to a cycle.
Crude though this pioneer machine may seem today, it ran,
and to a surprising" degree embodied features in power plant
arrangement and drive to be found in our present machines.
Our modern machines are quite perfect, mechanically.
Without delving deeply into history, let's review the different
steps in motorcycle progress.

The earliest types were practically motorized bicycles.
One of the first necessities was reinforcing frames and forks.
The early frames were altogether suitable for pedal propul-
sion, but motor drive involved greater speeds and introduced
vibratory stresses. Frames were strengthened, forks rein-
forced, and rims, tires, spokes and hubs made heavier. Sub-
sequently, at different times, it has been necessary to
strengthen frames to provide for more powerful motors
which permitted higher speeds and to provide for sidecar
service. A few years back, when it was1 first announced
that the big 7-h.p. twins would soon he on the market,
rumors were heard that these motors were altogether too
powerful and would tear the spokes right out of the drive
wheels. This is mentioned merely to show the awe and
respect accorded the first of the big twins.

Another vital point in the early days was building more
reliability and dependability into the powerplants. The ma-
chines could be made to run, but not with any great as-
surance of continuing for any considerable length of time.
Adoption of the magneto was a great step in the right direc-
tion. After machines were finally made which would run,
and keep running, and would not shake themselves to pieces
prematurely, the little matters of comfort and convenience
received consideration. Various spring suspensions for the
front wheel were devised. Out of all this effort were evolved
the types of spring forks in use today. Cushion saddles and
spring seat posts also came into use. The controls were simpli-
fied, made more effective and convenient: Then came a period
of detail refinements. Belt drive was supplanted with the
more positive chain transmission. Mechanical oilers ap-
peared, which removed the element of guesswork from the
important function of lubrication. Clutches were devised to
free the rear wheel. Brakes were gradually made more
sturdy and reliable. More rigid and permanent means for
securing engines in frames were devised. Carburetors were
improved. Valves were made large. The "V" twin be-
came firmly established. Shortly, afterwards came another

February, 1920.

THE OETENTAL MOTOE.

TAKING FRUIT INTO THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH COUNTRY.

This somewhat hand-
some gentlemen, with-
the barefoot dancers
costume, is a member
of one of the native
tribes of Australia
who has taken quite
a fancy to the con-
venience and pleasure
of motor cycling.

important era, the adoption of multi-speed devices. First
came the two-speed and then the three-speed gear boxes,
with sturdier clutches for sidecar work. Pedals were dis-
continued and the more convenient kickstarters applied, and
with the passing of pedals, footboards became general
practice. In proper time, larger tires and greater gasoline
and oil carrying capacity came along. Glimpsing into the
future reveals no immediate prospect of radical or revolution-
ary change. The trend nowadays is to build into machines
the maximum of sturdiness, reliability and dependability.
The sidecar will come into more and more general use. For

CLEVELAND LIGHT WEIGHT

21 H. P. 2-Stroke Motor— Kick Starter
Straight line Worm Drive— Weight 160 lbs.

75 Miles to THE GALLON

The ideal Machine for Shanghai and Outports

DONG CHONG BICYCLE Co.

P.346 Nanking Road, Shanghai.

solo riding, the new middleweight "Scout" and "Sport"
models should be very popular, though many will, no doubt,
continue to favor the big twins. The popular four-cylinder
models will gain new and enthusiastic adherents. The
lightweights will continue to thrive in their particular field.
With the almost universal increase in street car fares,
bicycles and bicycle motor attachments should be big sellers.

AUTOISTS-LOOK I

MOTORLIFB

SAVES 25% to 50%
GASOLENE

Use 1 oz. "MOTORLIFE" to 5 gallon Gasolene
Also removes and prevents Carbon

INSURES
MOTOR EFFICIENCY

Price $2.00 Gold per 32 oz. Tin.

MADE BY

MOTORLIFE MANUFACTURING Co., Memphis, Teni),

SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA

THE CHINESE TRADING CO.

10 Ningpo Road, Shanghai.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

February, 1§20.

NEW FIAT CAN MAKE 2,500 MILE FLIGHT

Nineteen Hours'lNeeded to Complete Greatest Non-stop Journey.

The Fiat A. B. F. Biplane, 700 h.p. Motor, speed 155 m.p.h.

The greatest non-stop flight possible with present air-
planes is 2500 miles, which distance can be accomplished in
nineteen hours. This sensational performance is well within
the capabilities of the new Fiat airplane known as the
A.E.F. The machine has a maximum speed of 160 miles an
hour with fuel for 20 hours flight, two men aboard, and a
small amount of baggage. This gives a theoretical range of
action of over 3,000 miles, and making every allowance for
unfavorable circumstances, changes in weather conditions
which might be met with, etc., it can be
calculated that a flight of 19 hours duration
can be accomplished and a distance of 2,500
miles covered in that time. This result is arrived at
after allowing for a reduction of 8 per cent, on the theoretical
speed, and an increase in gasoline consumption of 8 per cent.
above the normal. The calculations are made on the speed
of the machine at a minimum altitude of 8,000 feet and a
maximum of 14,700 feet, the higher altitude being attained
after thirteen hours flight. Allowance is also made for the
time necessary to attain this altitude.

In ten hours this machine can cover a distance of 1250
miles ; in fifteen hours it would be 1950 miles from its start-
ing point; in seventeen hours it would have covered a
distance of 2220 miles, and just over 2500 miles at the end
of the nineteenth hour.

The A.E.F. is a machine designed specially for long-
distance high speed work, and is undoubtedly the most re-
markable airplane of its type in existence at the present
time. It is driven by a 700 horse-power 12-cylinder Fiat
engine with direct mounted propeller. Unloaded the
machine weighs 5070 lbs. Its useful load is 5100 lbs. , which
is composed of 4000 lbs. for gasoline, 440 lbs, for the crew,
and 660 lbs. for oil..

The A.E.F. is a biplane with fuselage. The wing
spread is 53 feet 2 inches, the overall length is 33 ft. 2 inches,
and the height 12 ft. 1-in. The co-efficient of security is 7J
for the fuselage and is not less than 6-^- for any part of the
machine. The theoretical "plafond" of the plane is 17,800
feet. With a useful load of one ton this airplane can attain
an altitude of 9,800 feet in 11 minutes, 13,000 feet in 16
minutes, and 16,400 feet in 24 minutes.

The new Fiat 100 H.P. 12 Cylinder Motor.

An earlier machine on similar lines also designed by
Engineer Eosatelli, who is responsible for the Fiat
airplanes, has given excellent results on long-distance work
in Europe during the past year, one of its flights being a
non-stop trip from Turin to London. The A.E.F. will un-
doubtedly establish some sensational long-distance high
speed records in the new year, and it opens up immense
possibilities for fast passenger services at high speed ajad over
great distances.

Febbuar*, 1§20. ¥&E OKIENTAii MOTOft

OPENS FIRST AIRPLANE GARAGE.

American Motor Car Dealer Prepares to Take Care of
Airmen and Their Needs.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to be the first in
the field, J. H. Markle, a motor car dealer of Lincoln, Neb.,
IT. S. A., is erecting an airplane garage.

i\e na3 purchased a twenty-acre landing field near his
city and will establish permanent storage and service stations.
Temporary hangars have been erected and permanent ones
will follow in the spring as well as the necessary shops for
complete service.

Associated with Markle in bis enterprise are two flyers,
K. L. Copsey, who was with Ihe American Air Service in
France for twenty-two months, and Robert Rawlson, a
Canadian ace with eleven Hun machines to his credit.

CROSSING RIGHTS TO AUTOS APPROACHING
FROM RIGHT.

At city street crossings where the traffic is not sufficient
for the posting of an officer, automobiles approaching each
other at right angles frequently encounter a right-of-way pro -
blem that may end in an accident. An east-coast city of the
United States has simplified the question by giving the
privilege of first passage to the car coming from the right.
In case of collision, the police take the positions of thei two
cars as evidence, the one coming from the left being regarded
as in the wrong. Police officers in the same city regularly
visit the school-rooms and instruct the children in the pre-
cautions which rob a street crossing" of its dangers.

TO GET LONG MILEAGE FROM TIRES.

"Too often tire manufacturers are blamed for faulty
tires, when the fault lies not with the manufacturer of the
tires but with the operator of the car," says Mr. T. Kusaka,
Factory .Representative of the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Co.

"At all times keep sufficient pressure in your tires, as
under-inflation means the cutting of the life of your tires in
two.

"Try to a\oid sharp substances in the road— a small
sharp cornered stone will ofteu make a break in the fabric,
and a piece of glass will sometimes cut a considerable gash.
To avoid all sharp substances is, of course, impossible.
However, pains should be taken to avoid as many as you can.

"Always have cuts, bruises, or blisters vulcanized im-
mediately. What today seems to be merely a small cut in
a tire soon develops into a blow-out or sand blister. What
would cost but a small amount to repair may through neglect
mean the utter destruction of a tire.

' 'Do not jam on your brakes ; avoid going around corners
at high speed ; both mean extra wear and the consequent
cutting down of the life of these.

"If you like you can fix most of the small cuts yourself
with one of the various small portable vulcanizers now on the

THE LIGHT ,

TMATNEUERFIML5 /

fflotor L&mps

For every make of car
are obtainable from the

Brilliant Electric Company.

■Consulting engineer and electrical contractor*
P564 Nanking Road, Shanghai.

Phone Centra! 4907

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GASTINE

The Gasolene "Economizer"

Positively prevents Carbon formation. The prime cure for motor
troubles. Used on all types of gasolene and kerosene engines. It actually
increases power, speed and mileage 25 to 40%.

GASTINE is a gasolene purifier in tablet form.
A? It not only reduces fuel bills more than 25% but it

Pie V-$MrT tlllP assures easier hill climbing, better sparking, faster ignition
Ud»>jKatt/ "" and prevents back-firing.

GASTINE is guaranteed non-injurious and is sold with
"MONEY BACK" guarantee.

No motorist can afford to be without it.

Sample box of 100 tablets sent prepaid for OneDollar

GASTINE is endorsed and recommended by the
National Ford Owners Club (Inc.). New York City, under
Certificate No. 878.

Trade W M.ic
Reg. U. S. Pat Ufl

THE GASTINE Co., Bridgeton, N. J., U.S.A.

THE CONTINENTAL IMP. & EXP. CO.

Exclusive Agents for China.
IS MUSEUM ROAD SHANGHAI Phone C. 3088

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market. These cost little and can be used very easily with
good success. The book of instructions that comes with each
is so explicit and the repairing so simple that no driver has
any excuse for not keeping his tires in good repair."

Me omental MOTOft.

February. 1920.

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Alliance Assurance Co., Ltd.
American Trading Co.
Andersen, Meyer it Co., Ltd.
Assurance Franco- Asiatique
Auto Castle
Auto Palace Co.
Brilliant Electric Co.
Bringewatt, O. E.

Burr Photo Co

Central Garage Co. ...

China Garage Co. ...

China Oxy- Acetylene Welding Works

Chinese Optical Co.

Chinese Trading Co.

Commercial Transportation Co.

Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd.

Continental Imp. & Exp. Co.

Dong Chong Bicycle Co. ...

Dunlop Eubber Co., Ltd. ...

Eastern Garage

Excess Insurance Co., Ltd.

Feilung Garage Co. ...

Frame, Leaycraft & Co.

Furukawa & Co., Ltd.

Gaston, Williams & Wigmore, Inc.

General Ac. F. & L. As. Corp., Ltd.

Goodrich Co., B. F

Goodyear Tire & Bubber Co.

Great Northern Garage Co.

Honigsberg & Co., Inc., H. S.,

Jardine, Matheson & CoM Ltd.

Maurer Co., Inc., Edward

Mencarini & Co.

Monchen Garage, Tsingtau ...

Morimura Garage Co.

Nanyang Bros. Tobacco Co.

Netherlands Gutta-Percha Co.

North Br. & Mercantile Ins. Co., Ltd. ...

Racine Auto Tire Co. ... ...

Sassoon & Co., E. D.
Shanghai Automobile Co. ...

Shanghai Garage Co., Ltd....

Shanghai Horse Bazaar & Motor Co., Ltd.
Sparke, C. E., Insurance ...
Squires-Bingham Co.
Star Garage ...

Thane & Co., A. F

Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd. ...
Vacuum Oil Company

Wheelock & Co

Wichita Motor Truck Co

Wong Ah Zai Repair Shops

Yangtsze Insurance Assn. Ltd

Page

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54
33
49
39
37
57
27
58

2nd Cover, 2
17, 41
.. 49
.. 50
.. 55
.. 40
.. 50
.. 57
52, 55
4
.. 45
4th Cover

,.. 47
.. 35
... 25
.. 21
.. 44
... 25
... 21
... 48
23, 34
.. 3G
3rd Cover

1
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38
51

rd Cover

4th Cover

47
45
44

53
45
43
19

44
27
58
38

BURR PHOTO Go.

COMMERCIAL
PHOTOGRAPHY

AND

PORTRAITURE

KODAKS -FILMS
DEVELOPING & PRINTING

FILMS DEVELOPED
FREE OF CHARGE

PHOTO SUPPLIES AND PICTURE FRAMING.

STUDIO

2 BROADWAY. 'Phone N. 2392.

SHANGHAI.

PHOTOGRAPHERS TO

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR

WONG AH ZAI

EXPERT

REPAIRING and OVERHAULING

OF ALL MAKES

MOTOR CARS, MOTOR CYCLES

AND

GASOLENE ENGINES

SHANGHAI.
P.512 N. HON AN ROAD Phone N. 465

THE SUNDAY ORGAN

FOE

ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE IN SHANGHAI

"LLOYD'S WEEKLY."

ONLY THREE DOLLARS A YEAR.

Febeuary, 1926.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

WHEN IS A CAR "USED"?

HAIL

TRICK.

COMMONWEALTH

"The Car with a Foundation"

Frame, Leaycraft & Co.

51a, Kiangse Rd., Shanghai.

GOODRICH TIRES
"Best in the Long Run"

Furukawa & Co., Ltd.

Shanghai, Peking, Tientsin.

Queries have been received recently by
" The Oriental Motor " on the question of
when a motor car passes from the category
of a new machine to that of a used car.
The following correspondence from a recent
issue of an American motor publication
gives a specific explanation of this question
from the standpoint of the United States.

Editor : — January 8, 1919, we received
from an automobile manufacturer a stand-
ard automobile. February 25, 1919, one
of our agents received a bonafide order for
''his car with a deposit of $100 and same
was invoiced to our customer, being a
retail sale. June 7, 1919, the customer
who made the deposit of $100, have failed
to take delivery, we sold this car to one of
our associate dealers, who in turn sold it
to a retail customer of his.

Will you kindly answer the following
questions ?

1. -When would this car become a used
car?

2. — If a retail customer contracted for a
certain car, made a deposit on same,
applied for his license to operate the car,
but never accepted delivery, drove, or rode
in the car, would the acts, constituting a
valid sale, make a second hand or used car
out of this particular car if the car had
never been used or driven ?

3. — Would a car be- considered a new
car if it passed from the manufacturer to
the distributer, from the distributer to the
dealer, from the dealer to the sub-dealer,
and so on, always being sold at the
wholesale price, until it might finally be
sold to the retail customer who becomes
the user and driver? — H. O., Hazleton, Pa.

Answer — In my opinion this car would
become a used or second-hand car when
the customer actually took title to it and
it came into his possession. I see no
reason why the technical passing of title
should make this car a used car. On the
other hand, as soon as the customer took
possession of it, it became a used car,
whether he actually drove it or not.

As per question, I do not believe the
acts you mention could cause the car to
be legally regarded as a second-hand car.
The answer to your third question I
believe is undoubtedly " yes.'*

Always buy your

AUTO SUPPLIES

at money saving prices

FROM

DONG CHONG BICYCLE Co.

P346 Nanking Road, Shanghai.

Klaxon and Samson Horns also in Stock.

TIRES
FEI L UNG GARAGE Co.

H. 153 Hupeh Road, Shanghai.

Just say you " Saiv it in the

ORIENTAL MOTOR"

xchen writing advertisers.

OAKLAND

"SENSIBLE SIX"

CHINA GARAGE Co.

21 Foochow Eoad, Shanghai.

CENTRAL GARAGE CO.

2a, Jinkee Road, Shanghai.

WATCH

THE

ORIENTAL
MOTOR

For 1920

Printed by

The
Shanghai Mercury, Ltd.

5, Hongkong Road
SHANGHAI.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

Febeuaey, 1920.

BUYERS' REFERENCE GUIDE

The names appearing in
convenience for

this Index are not a part of the advertisers' contract, but are published as a matter of
our readers. The publishers assume no responsibility for errors or omissions.

PLEASURE CARS

See Page

Allen, Agents for 2

Anderson, „ 2

Arrol-Johnston, ,, 44

Austin, ,, 2

Berleit, ,, 44

Briscoe, ,, 37

Buick, „ 23

Cadillac. ,, 23

Chandler, ,, 45

Chevrolet, ,, 23

Commonwealh, „ 35

Cunningham, ,,< 23

Dodge Brothers, ,, 45

Elgin Six, ,, 47

Fiat, ,, 44

Haynes, ,, 39

Hupmobile, ,, 45

Jordan, ,, 47

Liberty Six, ,, 47

Marmon, ,, 23

Maxwell, ,, 52

Mercer, ,, 2

Milburn Electric, ,, 33

Mitchell, ,, 47

Moon, M 45

Oakland, ,, 17

Overland, „ 1st Cover 2

Paige, ,, 52

Premier, ,, 45

Scripps-Booth, „ 44

Spacke, ,, 35

Standard, „ 45

Stearns, 44

Studebaker, ,, 44

Stutz, M 23

Templar, ,, lst Cover 2

Willys-Knight, ,, 2

COMMERCIAL CARS-TRUCKS

Bethlehem, Agents for 3rd Cover

Clydesdale, ,, 45

Dart, ,, 23

Defiance, „ 39

Denby, ,, 45

Duplex, ,, 23

Federal, ,, 2

Garford, ,, 2

Mack, ,, 33

Maxwell, „ 45

Paige, ,, 52

Republic ,, 17

Stewart, „ 23

Thornycroft, ,, 44

Walker Electric, ,, 33

Wichita, ,, , 27

USED CARS

Auto Castle

TIRES

Dunlop Agents for.

Firestone

Fisk

Goodrich

Goodyear

Horse Shoe

Howe

Lee

Marathon

Michelin

North British

R. O. M.

Savage

Singapore Rubber Works.

United States ,,

See Page

25-38

21-23-47

3rd Cover

AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT

Auto Castle

Central Garage Co

Dong Chong Bicycle Co

Fei Lung Company

Honigsberg & Co

Shanghai Garage Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Horse Bazaar ..

... 52
... 47
.23-24
.... 45
.... 44

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd 33

Auto Palace Company 37

China Garage Co 17-41

Honigsberg & Co., Inc

Shanghai Horse Bazaar ..
Shanghai Garage Co., Ltd.

GARAGES

Phone
Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ltd. C. 778... 33

Auto Castle C. 402... 39

Auto Palace W. 465... 37

Central Garage C. 3809... 2

China Garage Co C. 2403... 17

Eastern Garage C. 1159... 45

Fei Lung Garage C. 4133... 47

Gt. Northern Garage Co N. 1463... 48

Honigsberg Service W.1234... 23

Morimura Garage Co N. 2938... 38

Shanghai Automobile Co W. 933... 47

Shanghai Horse Bazaar W.1641... 44

Star Garage W. 197... 45

Monchen Garage, Tsingtau... 608... 51

GASOLINE ECONOMIZERS

Chinese Trading Co., Inc 55

Continental I. & E. Co 57

INSURANCE, MOTOR CAR

See Page

Alliance Assurance Co., Ltd 36

Assurance Franco- Asiatique 49

Commercial Union Assurance Co 50

Excess Ins. Co., Ltd 4th Cover

General Ac. F. & L. Assurance Co., Ltd. 44

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd 36

North Br. & Mercantile Ins. Co., Ltd... 43

Sparke, C. E 4th Cover

Union Ins. Society of Canton, Ltd 19

Wheelock & Co 44

Yangtsze Insurance Assn., Ltd 38

OILS AND LUBRICANTS

Mencarini & Co 1

Squires-Bingham Co 1

Vacuum Oil Co 4th Cover

Thane & Co., A. F 43

OPTICAL

Chinese Optical Co 50

REPAIRS AND OVERHAULING

Auto Castle 39

Auto Palace Co 37

Central Garage Service Station 2

China Garage Co 17

China Oxy-acetylene Welding Works 49

Fei Lung Company 47

Honigsberg's Service Station 23

Morimura Garage Co 38

Shanghai Garage Co 45

Shanghai Horse Bazaar 44

Wong Ah Zai

TRUCKING SERVICE

Commercial Transportation Co

C. G. C. Truck Service

Central Garage Co

MOTOR CYCLES

B. S. A Agents for

Cleveland, ,,

Emblem, ,,

Evans Power Cycle, , ,

Excelsior, ,,

Harley-Davidson, ,,

Henderson, ,,

Indian, ,,

Reading-Standard, ,,

MOTOR CYCLE SUPPLIES

Central Garage Co

Dong Chong Bicycle Co

Squires-Bingham Co

MOTOR CYCLE REPAIRS

Auto Palace Co

Central Garage Service Station

Dong Chong Bicycle Co

Fei Lung Company

Morimura Garage Co

Star Garage

Wong Ah Zai

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52
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52

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The Horse Shoe Tire

FABRIC AND CORD

AGENTS WANTED

For the well known

Horse Shoe Tires and Tubes

We are appointing Agents in Shanghai,

Hankow, Tientsin, Peking, Dairen,

Hongkong and Manila.

For full particulars, literature, prices, etc., please
communicate with

EDWARD MAURER Co., INC.

7B Kiangse Road, Shanghai.

Distributors for

RACINE AUTO TIRE Co.

Racine, Wis., U.S.A.

How Crank Case Heat Affects Lubrication

"When your car is in action the lubricating oil
heats up and thins out.

Its real lubricating value
is then put to the test.

Oils not of the highest
quality thin out to the danger
point and lose their ability to
protect the moving parts. The
action of the motor is restrain-
ed. Destructive friction starts.

Many a motorist owes his
repair bill to the failure of his
lubricating oil under the heat of service.

The quality of Gargoyle Mobiloils provides in
advance for this heat of service. It assures
efficient lubrication under the mechanical conditions
in each type of motor.

ful

A grade for each type of motor.

Gargoyle Mobiloils were produced after care-
study by an organization recognized as
the authoritative leaders in
Scientific Lubrication ■ — the
Vacuum Oil Company.

By the gallon they cost a
little more. But their wearing
quality makes them actually
lowest in cost per mile — to say
nothing of the lengthened life
they will give your motor.

Write today for 64 page
booklet containing complete discussion of your
lubricating problems, list of engine troubles with
remedies and complete Chart of Becommendations'
specifying the grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils that is
correct for your car.

obiloils

Vacuum Oil Company

No. 1. The Bund, Shanghai.

CDC

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POLICY

MOTOR CAR

INSURANCE

COVERING ALL DAMAGE DONE TO OR BY A CAR

EXCESS INSURANCE Co., Ltd.

ASSETS £2,152,660

PEKING:— CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.,
HANKOW:— A. GROSJEAN & Co.,
TIENTSIN:— WHITAMORE & COMMONS.

General Agent .— C. E. SPARK E. 44, KIANGSE ROAD, SHANGHAI.

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MOTOR

A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO MOTOR INTERESTS IN THE ORIENT

'Vol. I

Shanghai, March, 1920.

No. 12

One of Shanghai's Invitations to Motorists.
Looking out Avenue Joffre from Boute Prosper Paris.

[N. S. E.]

50 CENTS. MEX. THE COPY.

WITHOUT ONCE

SHIFTING GEARS

43TO MILES

in 7 days and 7 nights
SEALED IN HIGH GEAR

20.6 Miles per Gallon for

4370 Consecutive Miles

HPHAT is a record-breaking performance of a Model 90 Overland
Motor Car. For economical long-time fuel consumption, this
record — recently made in a test conducted in the state of Oklahoma,
U.S.A., is unapproached.

And the fact that this mileage was accomplished with gears sealed in
"high" and without an engine stop for a solid week (day and night)
speaks wonders for the mechanical perfection of the Model 90.
The 175,000 owners of Model 90 's are proud of its unfailing perform-
ance— proud of its splendid appearance.

And the appreciation of these owners is of far more significance than a
recital of specifications. Model 90 will meet your every requirement.

Owners Do Not Wait
While YalYes Are Ground

TT is no wonder the Willys-Knight owner becomes more enthusiastic
over his car the longer he drives it. The sleeve valve motor improves
with use, and performs consistently every day. Free from valve grinding
and repairs, it is always ready for immediate service. The rigid,
dependable chassis and beautiful, durable coach-work complete the full
measure of owner satisfaction.

Sole Agents

CENTRAL GARAGE Co.

'Phone C. 3809.

SHANGHAI.

2a Jinkee Road.

5BB1B&3S

Maech, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

HAIL

TRICK.

This advertisement is published in behalf of the Motor
Trucking interests in Shanghai.

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THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

Makch, 1920.

GARFORD
TRUCKS

— Low Cost Ton- Mile is
the basis upon which the
efficiency of Garford
performance is proven.
Ask any of the numerous
users in Shanghai— They
know.

That the United States Army has made Garford a Class A
standard is another proof of Garford serviceability

Perfect Service

pIRESTONE equipment insures the efficient,
convenient tire service which today's demands
on your motor make so important. The saving
in mileage and fuel with Firestore Cord Tires is
an accepted fact.

Tires and Tubes

Firestone Cords are so resilient that they give easy-
riding and spare your car a lot of road-punishment
They are so strong that they give marvelous mileage.

Firestone Tubes are built layer upon layer to a stout

thickness

and given

a "temper"

that resists

heat and

the friction

of fast

travel.

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THE ORIENTAL MOTOR

Vol. I. MARCH, 1920. No. 12.

A Monthly Magazine devoted to Motor Interests in China and the Far East generally.

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CONTENTS.

Looking At China's Road Future ....

What and Where is That Thing

Chicago Show Brings Total Shortage Up

China's Airmen to Receive Current Reports

The Rising Flood of American Registration

Judgement Given Against Garage...

Editorial

Motorists Have Refused Cheaper Fuels ....

Monogram Oils Locate in China ....

Abolishing The Term "Pleasure Car" ....

Shanghai's New Truck Regulations

Air Currents ....

Two Millions are Offered in 1920 Air Prizes...

The Little Things About Your Car

Notes from Here and There

Auto Prices Predicted Higher

Latest Specifications of U. S. Gasoline Passenger Cars

The Latest British Car Prices

Pneumatic Tires Best for Trucks ....

Measuring Gas in Sight

Dunlop Announces American Plant

Essex Goes Mile A Minute ....

Auto Engines Run Haynes Factory
Gear Changing as A Fine Art
New Accessories Shop Opens
Willys-Overland Invades England
Giving Batteries Individual Service
Motor Busses for Passenger Service

Shanghai Motorcycle Club Formed .... .

Gasoline Demand Exceeds Production

Firestone to Come to The East ....

First Chinese Government Airplanes

Index to Advertisers ...

Buyers Reference Guide ....

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he assures you, in all sincerity
that he doesn't know the meaning

of tyre worry if he expresses

impatience at the suggestion of
such a subject being worthy of
serious consideration,- -put him
down at once as a man whose
motoring has been done wholly
on Dunlop Tyres.

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RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED

Founders throughout the world of the
Pneumatic Tyre Industry.

Phone : cable :

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QRimJhU MOTOR

A Monthly Magazine devoted to Motor Interests in China and the Far East Generally.

Vol. I.

SHANGHAI, MARCH, 1920.

No. 12.

LOOKING AT CHINA'S ROAD FUTURE.

Highway Engineer and Truck Specialist Sketches Possibilities of Development.

latest developments
an epoch making

0 THE many persons, especially technical men
who know the possibilities of highways and
the consequent use of motor trucks as freight
and passenger carriers, the virgin opportunity of
the country of China for the
in these lines looms up as
achievement. Although no steps have been taken toward
the realization of such a project there are men now in the
nation who are bending their energies in works of
investigation to see what may be done under present
circumstances toward giving the Eepublic of China, a model
chain of national highways and the latest means of cross
country transportation by the employment of the motor
truck.

One such practical dreamer, whose name for various
personal reasons will not be herein mentioned, a highway
engineer, and a man experienced in the use of motor truck
transportation, has outlined for "The Oriental Motor" a
national program for road building and the means of making
such an achievement possible.

"China above all nations in the world in her present
lack of transportation facilities, particularly good roads,
offers to the highway engineer the most tempting field for
development," he declares. "In no other country on the
globe is there such a crying need of a national highway
system and in no other country of the world is there apparent
such an obvious profitable return on any funds spent for
such a project.

"The rich resources of China are lying dormant prin-
cipally because of a lack of communication with the coastal
ports and the interior trade centers. Commerce both in im-
ports and exports in the interior amount to practically
nothing in so far as the merchant, either foreign or native,
located in the principal trade centers; is concerned.

"Now that the war just past has demonstrated the

possibilities of motor truck transportation, there can be no
doubt that this is the most logical and economical means of
penetrating into the rich trade fields of China, making
possible the opening of hundreds of new markets both for
the importer on the coast and for merchant inland. We
have seen the workings of the motor truck trains in France
and the rapidity with which they brought ammunition and
supplies from the coast up to the front lines when the means
of railway transportation were inadequate and unable to
supply the urgent demand. We may see in the future the
same hurculean performance made an every day occurrence
and a prosaic part of the day's business by the development
of a national highway system in the nation of China.

"We will not attempt to outline a network of roads,
for that would take too long and would involve too many
technical details, nor shall we even attempt to indicate the
routes of the main trunk highways for to any one who knows
the nation of China, this would be obvious.

"What we shall do, however, is to discuss the means
of obtaining the funds necessary to the beginning of such a
campaign of road construction. One obstacle stands in the
way of any possible development and that is the present
division of authorities between the Peking and the Canton
governments and the lack of financial standing of the
nominal republican government of the country. However,
in view of the last American loan and the proposed con-
sortium loan of the Powers, a stabilizing influence may be
exerted which will remove this obstacle. Since one of the
requirements for the consortium loan is a united China, its
conclusion will give a working basis for a road campaign.

"Of all of the propositions advanced for the develop-
ment of highways, the most feasible with the Northern
government in its present financial condition is that of an
outside loan. Upon the face of it, the most interested
persons in the development of highways in this, the world's
most populous nation, are the motor manufacturers, makers

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

March, 1920.

of tires and accessories and other correlated branches of and being assisted by a group of auditors and other assistants

the industry. in order that every cent of the loan would be put to the use

"Realizing the potential market offered by this nation for which it was advanced,
with a system of ultra-modern national highways, and the

enormous profits to the motor car manufacturers and their

A Motor Truck Ford, Mongolia.

associates, it is the opinion of the most practical that a
consortium of American and British manufacturers to
advance the necessary funds is the logical solution of the.
financial end of the development. The motor industry is
one of tiie world's largest and its surplus funds could be
utilized in no better way than in such a project. No other
promotion work could offer such returns on the capital
invested. Of course, there is the problem of having such a
loan accepted by the Chniese government and also the
additional problem of regulating the expenditure of the
capita] advanced.

"Regarding the latter, we would say that a board of
highway engineers, the best of Europe and America, be
employed to make a survey of the nation of China, mapping

"In consideration of this loan, certain franchises for
motor, transportation lines, both passenger and freight,
could be granted to the syndicate making the loan and upon
the completion of the highways, the system could start in
full sway, a certain percentage of the returns being applied
on the interest of the loan, and another percent on the
maintenance of the highway system...

"What such a motor transportation system would be
able to accomplish needs no further enlargement for the
person who is farsighted enough to realize what this develop-
ment would mean. It would mean rapid delivery of imports
and exports, opening thousands of miles of virgin and un-
touched territory for foreign and native business, and increas-
ing the number of tourists to the nation because of the
opportunities offered for motor tours. It would mean cities
of hundreds of thousands where villages of tens of

In the Center of the Gobi Desert.

out the routes and making recommendations as to the means thousands now stand and a leap of fifty to one hundred

and methods of construction to be used in the various years ahead in commerce in the interior,

sections of the country. "The transport lines could cooperate with the railways

"After this has been made, the cost of construction, and also with the waterways, thus linking up the three in a

taking into consideration the cheapness of native labor, could great system of commercial arteries.

be arrived at and that sum offered to the government. "There are other developments which could be also

Assuming that the loan would be acceptable and sufficient outlined at length, but these would vary according to the

securty obtained, the same board could then enter upon the practical vision of the person making them, so need not be

construction keeping it constantly under their supervision recorded here."

March, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

WHAT AND WHERE IS THAT THING?

Being a Simple Explanation of the Various Mechanical Parts of a Motor Car.

To talk of an L-bead motor, a
Lot spot manifold or a thermo-syphon
system brings no definite

cooling

image or understanding to the mind

The mind of the salesman does not react fast enough to
have at the end of his tongue vital .characteristics and-
dimensions which are given in the tables, and these tabula-
tions include features which, although of interest and value
to the user, are frequently omitted from publicity literature..

of the average motor car owner in

China. He buys a machine for its

body lines, the fact that a friend has

probably had excellent service from

a car of the same manufacture, or the

reputation enjoyed and made public

by the manufacturers themselves.

Motor car anatomy means less to

him than the anatomy of a jelly fish

and motor car tables of specification

might as well be a chapter in Latin

from Virgil's Aene>'d.
If tables of specifications are used understandingly
they will present to the mind of the reader a clearer picture

of the important and striking points of the anatomy of each different integral parts and systems of an automobile :
motor car than could be had by an inspection of the cars bore and stroke.

T- HEA

L-HEAO

VALVE IN HEAD

few

A clearing up of these tables is, given below in
simple and well chosen words .which , will lead the motor
owner and purchaser to a more accurate knowledge of the

themselves.
DETACHABLE HEAD

INTEGRAL HEAD

The terms bore and stroke are always used to express
the size of an engine, the bore, which is mentioned first
always, being the inside diameter of the cylinder, and the
stroke referring to the total travel of the piston from the ■
top to the bottom of its stroke. Thus the figures 3 by 5
refer to an engine having a bore of three inches and a stroke
of five inches.

PISTON DISPLACEMENT.

The cubic capacity of the engine is obtained from the
bore and stroke, which is commonly referred to as piston
displacement. The figures in any table under this head
ai*e obtained from the formulae D X .7854 X N X S, in
which D is the bore, X the number of cylinders and S the
stroke.

CYLINDER CASTINGS.

The cylinders of engines are cast from a variety of
metals and the design can call for their casting in units or in
groups of two, three, four or six. A block casting is one in
which all of the cylinders are cast in one block. In the
case of eight and twelve cylinder motors it is customary to
cast their cylinders in blocks of four and six respectively.
In a number of cases the upper half of the crank-case is now
cast integrally with the cylinder block.

DETACHABLE CYLINDER HEAD.

As its name implies the cylinder head is the top or head
of the cylinder and it may be cast integrally with it or in
the form of a separate piece bolted on.

FORCE FEED

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THE ORIENTAL MOTOR

March, 1920.

In some construction a silent chain is used instead of
gearing.

VALVE MATERIAL.

Where the information is available there has been given
under this heading the kind of the material of the valve
head. Many valves are built with cast iron heads
welded to steel stems but in some the employment
of special steel alloys such as tungsten, nickle, and chrome
vanadium is preferred.

DISC

CONE

PLATE

VALVE LOCATION.

The valves of a gasoline engine are the parts which
control the time of entrance of fresh gas and the time of
leaving of burned gas. The words side, opposite, head and
sleeve are used to designate the location of the valves. With
the exception of the last named, the words give definite
location to the valve and at the same time indicate the
cylinder employed. The majority of the cars of today em-
ploy an L-head motor, a type in which all the valves are on
the same side and are driven from one camshaft. A few
still employ the T-Kead type, so-called from the resemblance
of a sectional view of this type of cylinder to the letter T,
wherein the valves are on opposite sides of the cylinder.
Two camshafts are required for this type of motor. The
valve-in-head motor has all valves at the top of the cylinders
and are inverted so that the stems point upward. This
design calls for a valve operating mechanism exteriding from
the camshaft to the top of the cylinder head outside the
engine. There is also a form of construction wherein one
set of valves is at the side and the other in the head. This
has cylinders similar to the L-head motor in that all of the piston rings.

valves are driven from one camshaft, but it is referred to In order to retain the compression of the cylinders the

as the side and head (S and H) type. The sleeve-valve pistons must be packed, and this is done by the emptym
engme is m a c ass by atself since the valves are in reality of piston rings, which are springy pieces of steel mould
ports cut in a Blading sleeve. an grooves in the piston. The common type of ring is

camshaft drive. known as the diagonally split in which the ends are cut at

The camshaft or half time shaft which operates the valve an angle of 45 degrees to the periphery. The step-joint
must be driven by the crankshaft and is usually connected ring has two separate cuts at right angles to the periphery
to it by a gear or chain. Today the standard camshaft gear- and another cut connecting these two. In addition to these
ing is the helical in which the teeth are scattered and slightly two standard types the tables also refer by name to specially
curved. Another type of gearing is the spur, wherein the made piston rings. In nearly every instance the number of
teeth are straight and at right angles to the side of the gear, rings employed per piston is given.

crankshaft bearings.
The crankshaft is that part of the engines anatomy
which weights' are employed on the crank arms to offset or
a rotary motion. It is supported in the crankcase by bear-
ings which vary in number according to the design. Two
bearings, on at each' end of the motor, may be employed,
or the shaft may be supported by a third bearing in the
middle, or by bearings placed between each two crank arms.

COUNTERWEIGHTS .

Some crankshafts are of the counter balance type in
which weights are employed on the crank arms to offset or
counter balance certain forces which tend to distort the shaft
and set up undue vibration.

DRILLED CRANKSHAFTS.

In certain types of lubricating systems the crankshaft
is drilled in order to make a passage through which the oil
is forced directly to the main and connecting rod bearings.

COOLING SYSTEMS.

The three types of cooling systems in use in automobile
motors are the pump, the thermo-syphon, and the air. In
the pump system a centrifugal pump operated by the engine

FLOATING

VBBBSa,

NON- FLOATING

HOTCHKISS

TRANSVERSE

COMPOUND-TRANSVERSE

March, 1920.

THE OKIENTAL MOTOE.

itself forces the cooling water through the water jackets and
radiator. No pump is used in the thermo-syphon system
but the water circulates from the jackets to radiator, never-
theless, in accordance with physical law that hot water,
being lighter than cold, rises to the top. In the air cooling
system the cylinders are cooled by forcing drafted air around
them, and they are finned so that the heat may be quickly
dissapated.

FUEL FEED.

Of the three types of fuel feed in use. two — the press1 ire
and the gravity— are self-explanatory. The success of the
pressure feed is dependent upon the air tightness of all parts
of the tank and fuel lines. The vacuum feed type, which is
ever growing more popular, employs what is known as the
vacuum tank having three pipes leading from it. One these
leads to the main tank, one to the carburetor and one to the
inlet manifold. The vacuum in the inlet manifold is com-
municated to the tank, and the vacuum existing there is
destroyed by the incoming fuel from the main tank, which
then flows by gravity to the carbureter.

ENGINE LUBRICATION.

The most simple type of oiling system is the splash, in
which oil in the bottom of the crankcase is splashed against
the cylinder walls and bearings by scoops at the lower end
of the connecting rods. An improved type of this system
is the circulating splash employing a pump. Some of the
oil is directd to various parts of the motor but not under
pressure. The force-feed and splash system consists of a
pump operated by the engine which forces the oil under
pressure to the crankshaft bearings and timing gears, but
leaves the cylinders and pistons to be oiled by splash of spray.
Where force-feed as employed every working surface is
oiled under pressure and there is no splash whatever.

CHASSIS LUBRICATION.

Under this head the number of oil and grease cups
employed to lubricate the chassis of the various cars is
indicated.

HOT SP01V

The familiar term Hot-spot refers to a specially heated
area in the intake manifold so that the ingoing gas upon
striking this area becomes more fully vaporized. In the
tables hot-spots are included with hot-backs and heated
manifolds under the same heads.

CLUTCHES.

The three types of clutches in common use are called
the cone, the plate and the disc. The cone type consists
simply of a truncated cone faced with leather or asbestos
fabric fits into a similar shaped opening in the fly wheel.
The disc clutch has two sets of discs, one driven and the
other driving. The former is flexibly attached to the clutch
shaft, and the latter to a drum fastened to the fly wheel.
In the plate clutch two or three large discs or rings are used
instead of the multiplicity of small discs. The constructional
principle of the plate and disc clutches is the same, the
detail differing.

TRANSMISSION.

With one or two exceptions the selective type of trans-
mission is universally used today. With it the driver may
shift his gears from one speed to any 'other without running
through intermediate steps. In other words, he selects any
desired gear combination. This unit may be bolted to the
fly wheel housing, mounted as a seperate unit, or incor-
porated with the rear axle housing. When bolted to the
engine the combination of engine, clutch, and transmission
is known as a unit power plant.

UNIT POWER PLANT

TRANSMISSION

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REAR AXLE
TRANSMISSION

UNIVERSAL JOINTS.

A universal joint is a flexible connection between two
shafts whereby one may drive the other, although they are
not in line. The figures in this column indicate whether
one or two joints are used.

AXLE TYPES.

There are three types of rear axles mentioned in the
specifications : floating, semi-floating and three-quarter
floating. In the floating axle the shafts do not carry any
load and so are said to float. This being the case, it is pos-
sible to remove an axle shaft without removing the wheel.
In this construction bearings which are on the axle tubes
carry the load and the shafts are merely as driving members..
In the semi-floating axle on the other hand, the axle shafts
are mounted on bearings which are inside the axle tubes
and the wheel is mounted on the outer end of each shaft.
Thus the shaft must not only drive the wheels but also
(Continued on page 43)

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

March, 1920.

CHICAGO SHOW BRINGS TOTAL SHORTAGE UP.

American Central National Exposition Breaks More Records with Enormous Attendance.

(By An American
Plainly the effect of the Chicago show will be to add
further responsibilities to the burden of the production man
at the American factory. That the automobile industry in
the U. S. will be oversold during practically the whole of
1920 began to be predicted during the New York show, but
was rendered a certainty as the opening days of the big
Chicago display began to unfold a further tale of immediate
demand, for which there is little prospect of satisfaction for
quite a while to come.

In many ways the Chicago show proved a repetition
of that at New York, and in many other ways it proved
not only a more emphatic disclosure of the present and
prospective state of the industry, but also a function more
distinctive and essential than ever. The direct selling
flavor of the Chicago show was more evident than usual
this year, possibly because of conditions surrounding the
industry, while the absence from the car makers' stands of
the higher executives, in most instances, bespoke a degree
of preoccupation that was elsewhere even more evident and
more readily explained. The particular force of the present
situation naturally tended in some ways to accentuate this
aspect of the Chicago events this week. The state of the
steel market naturally dominates the production problems
at all times, and the very present prospect of a stringency
in steel during 1920 justifies a certain amount of anxiety
over the maintenance of inventories. Conditions are bad
enough just now, what with the usual mid- winter traffic
delays, plus the backwardness of the steel mills, plus the
urgency of automobile demand, plus the ambitions of so
many manufacturers to swell their outputs this year.
Therefore there was the utmost interest and discussion
bearing on manufacturing problems, more, as it seemed to
some observers, than usual by a great deal. A new phase
is the appearance of budding parts and accessory concerns.
It is the custom for the wise man, having a new product to
introduce to the trade, to take a roll of blue prints, a model
or two or some samples to his hotel during trie show, there
to make, himself known to the favored few and use his
best influence to secure the tactical advantage of just the
right presentation to exactly the right people. This old
custom is still in vogue, but it is observable thai the welcome
accorded these newcomers, whether they are offering new
axles, clutches, tops or certain other components, or whether
they promise new devices that will materially aid in the
selling of another year's output, is warmer and more sincere
than ever before. Attendance at the show was big,
probably bigger than at any previous show. Such, at least,
was the report of the local newspaper men, most of whom
have thus far survived the nineteen shows that have been

Correspondent. )

thus far held, and give every evidence of being able to survive
the present season. It may or may not have been previously
remarked in so many words that the prevailing note of 1920
design is increased defiiriteness of what can be very properly
germed the master lines of the car. Quite apart from the
outline of the body and such distinctive elements as the
combination of mud guards and running boards, the design
is emphasized by the treatment of frame line, side rail, hood
corners and so on. The aim of the designer now is to make
these distinctive factors in the picture more emphatic than
ever- before. How this has been accomplished in different
instances, forms the basis of an interesting study.

For example the new Premier is closely patterned after
its predecessor insofar as general proportions and general
identity are concerned. On the other hand it is a far better
accented design, to employ the artistic phrase, and by reason'
of its distinctive qualities will probably prove a good deal
more pleasing to the public. Accomplishment of the change
has been wrought by the adoption of a new form of curved'
edge, in place of the plain bevel, and by carrying the
molding line clear around the front of the radiator in the
form of a sharp edge, where formerly there was a smoothly
rounded curve. At the New York show was shown, among-
others, the new postwar Fiat display, but the exhibits arrived
late and the majority of the trade had not seen these
importations until the Chicago show opened. They are two
in number — out of a total of three chassis and ten body
styles now being made in Italy, by the way, and all of
postwar development. One is a large and striking-looking
car of the conventional appearance peculiar to its line. The
other is in reality a "baby" car, though giving no such
impression when viewed close up. It is that unusual, but
always attractive proposition, a fine little car. That is to
say, in design, workmanship and materials throughout, it
possesses all the qualifications that wouflldj naturally [be
expected of a Fiat, save that it is small. These qualifications
go all the way through from the splendid finish of the tiny
2-1/16 x 3-3/16-inch four-cylinder block engine, to the four-
speed gear-set or the roll-topped and tightly stretched,
tuftless leather upholstery. The tread is 48 inches. Duty
paid and including all other charges, the car sells in Chicago
for $2,731 with the four-passenger touring body shown..

There are four models in the new Briscoe line, including'
the new sedan, which is of substantial aspect and finished
in good taste. The chassis has numerous points of me-
chanical interest in the direction of weight saving. Among
these may be mentioned the frame, which is of deep
section, thin-drawn stock, but cleverly contrived for rigidity
(Continued Page 37)

Maech, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

THE LATEST AIR CONQUEROR.

The Vickers-Vimy Eagle, which carried Capt. Eoss Smith and his three aides successfully from London, England, to Port

Darwin, Australia, in Twenty-eight Days.

CHINA'S AIRMEN TO RECEIVE CURRENT REPORTS.

Zi-ka^wei Observatory to Furnish Atmospheric Data by Means of French Wireless.

"The time appears to have come to start a service of
information for the sailors of the atmospheric ocean," is
the statement made by Father L. Froc, S. J., director of
the Zi-ka-wei Observatory in announcing the inauguration
of a daily report of air conditions for the benefit of China's
airmen. The service was begun on March the first, the
signals being transmitted by the French Koukaza (Shang-
hai) wireless station.

"The air service will soon be established in the Far
East : local firms and even the governments are taking steps
in that way ; and the active propaganda of the 'Federation
Aeronautique Internationale,' under such men as Commo-
dore de Beaumont and Major Charles J. Glidden, will cer-
tainly advance the date of its opening," Father Froc declares.

"With a view to answering the new want, the Zi-ka-
wei Observatory will begin at once to give such data as are
available for the present. The new information will be
forwarded by means of wireless signals, with the assent of
the authorities concerned, who have kindly agreed to it.

"These will be embodied in the wireless warnings sent
every day, by the Koukaza Station, at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
respectively, just after the triple signal of time. They will
be announced by the words "Air currents." Then the
three words High, Mean and Low, each followed, by a direc-
tion shown by a point of the compass, thus : 'High
W.N.W. ; Mean, N.E. ; Low, S.E.' and so on. Thus
will be indicated the greajt motions of the mass of the at-

mosphere, deduced from the movements of the clouds
observed a short time before sending the message.

"The 'high' level is shown by the drifting Cirrus, etc.,
which, according to the 'Dictionaire des Sciences,' are
floating between 6,000 and 15,000 metres (19,600 to
49,000 feet) ; the mean level chiefly by the Alto-cumulus,
between 2,500 and 5,500 metres (8,200 to 18,000 feet) ; the
'low' level by the other clouds (Cumulus, etc.) between!
500 and 2,000 metres (1,600 to 6,500 feet). We must
content ourselves with that approximation, for the present.

"The points of the compass, N., NNE., NE., etc.
are those from which the clouds and the currents carrying
them are flowing. If the directions cannot be stated, for
want of clouds or for other reasons, the words 'high,' etc.
will be followed by the word 'nil' or something equivalent.
— If two or more directions are indicated for one level, it
will mean that there are superposed layers of clouds of
different motions, the higher being named the first, and
so on.

"It is needless to say that such information will be
very important, imperfect as it may be, not only to aviators,
but also to navigators, during the Typhoon season, to arrive
to verv suggestive conclusions concerning the bearing and
motion of those dreaded phenemona, provided a sufficient
knowledge of the theory of cyclones is possessed. The
actual service is a first step that may be followed by others
and improved according to the circumstances."

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.
THE RISING FLOOD OF AMERICAN REGISTRATION,

March, 1920,

Motor Vehicles in Use in the Various States Achieve New Records During 1919.

In spite of the manufacturing stagnation caused by
the war, in spite of strikes and lockouts and industrial
unrest, the motor car population of the United States con-
tinues to grow in leaps and bounds. On November 1, 1919,
the motor population of the country was 7,412,047. On
this first of January the officials of the various states esti-
mated that the number had reached 7,691,523. In the
face of these impressive totals, we may be pardoned for
pausing a moment in contemplation.

The latest government figures available indicate that
there are approximately 27,000,000 families in America,
Taking the 7,691,523 motor vehicles of the U. S. as the basis
of a comparison, we find that there is a motor car of some
sort for every three and a half families. A philosopher
might find a pregnant text in the effect on the mind, morals
and manners of the virtuously thirsty population of the
U. S. of this possession of a travel means by every third
family in the land. No other nation has ever approached
this almost universal transportation system.

The second interesting thought brought out by the
figures is the fact that there is now a motor car for each
15.96 persons in the United States. And remarkable as
this average is for a nation of 110,000,000 people, it is still
more remarkable that four of the states can now carry, or
could if necessity arose, their entire populations in their
own motor vehicles. These happy commonwealths are
Iowa, where there is a car for each 6.09 inhabitants; Cali-
fornia, with a car for each 6.20 Golden Staters; Nebraska,
with a car for each 6.43 of its people, and South Dakota,
with one for every seven residents, big and little. Until
this year Iowa and Nebraska have been the only two states
in this mystic circle. Now California horns her way in
and usurps second place, and we refuse to wager anything
that the Golden State will not take the lead in her own
good time. And finally South Dakota breaks into the select
company with a batting average of seven.

The gains in motor population have not been confined
to the leaders, for even the most backward states are show-
ing commendable advances. The tail end state is
Mississippi, which has one car for each 40.02 people. This
looks rather hopeless, but ponder the following : Great
Britain, which is America's nearest rival in possession
of numbers of motor vehicles has one car to approximately
each eighty inhabitants. So do not point the finger of scorn at
Mississippi, where absence of roads and a disproportionately
large indigent colored population make it difficult to achieve
general distribution of so expensive a necessity as motor
cars.

Registrations by States.

State.
Alabama
Arizona ...
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Colu
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine ...
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada ...
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio ...
Oklahoma
Oregon ...
Pennsylvania
Ehode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas ...
Utah ...
Vermont
Virginia...
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

bia

Registration
Nov. 1, 1919.
Indicated in

Estimated
registration
Jan. 1, 1920.
thousands.

People
per car.

36.84

9.38

30.57

445

500

6.20

102

104

9.75

100

103

12.77

13.39

8.00

15.91

125

126

23.29

10.86

475

478

13.21

226

277

10.30

356

365

6.09

222

226

8.27

29.78

37.69

14.22

101

13.70

241

245

15.64

321

333

9.41

256

260

9.02

40.02

... 238

246

14.01

8.17

199

200

6.43

12.07

14.87

185

190

16.21

... 17

24.27

549

600

17.74

102

111

22.21

9.54

505

510

10.33

145

150

15.85

... 82

10.65

485

493

17.84

16.26

... ... 67

23.72

... 104

105

7.00

27.63

314

320

14.37

... 34

12.88

... 26

13.61

23.76

159

163

10.13

28.66

225

226

11.30

8.46

Totals... 7,412

7,691

March, 1920,

THE OBIENTAL MOTOE.

IMPROVING BUBBLING WELL ROAD, SHANGHAI.

Bubbling Well Road
is the principal motor
Ivigfowa/y of Shanghai.
The road is now being
widened at the Country
Club and also at the
terminus at Rue de Say
Zoong, which will give
increased comfort and
safety to motorists.

Another very interesting field of speculation is opened
up by segregating the averages in sectional groups. Con-
sidered in this way the Pacific Coast states, California,
Oregon and Washington, make the best showing, their
general average working out at 8.99 inhabitants to each
car. The Middle West makes the next best showing,
placing in this group Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio. The
average for these nine states is 10.43 persons to each motor
vehicle.

The third group is not the great eastern population
area., but the mountain, states of the West, including
Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. These five
states of comparatively sparse population and magnificent
distances have a general average of 10.80 persons per car.

Next comes the eastern group, in which is included
Connecticut, Ehode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont — New England in other words; — and
in addition New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
which rightfully belong in the same motoring class. These
nine states show a hatting average of 15.46, which is good
considering the masses of population and the great cities
within the territory, motor vehicle registration invariably
falling in the larger places.

The last natural group comprise© the far Southern
states, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Texas and Arkansas. The general average for these seven
commonwealths is 26.95 inhabitants per car. The reason
for this is obvious. The Southern states have a very heavy
colored population, which is not financially prosperous.

However, wartime cotton prices have served to bring pro-
sperity to this section and the effect will undoubtedly be
seen in the motor car distribution figures for many years to
come.

From all of this it becomes apparent that the time is
not very distant when the United States will be able to
take all of its 110,000,000 people riding in its own motor
vehicles. And that will be the most remarkable example of
universal transportation ever presented for the wonderment
of the well known human race.

JUDGEMENT GIVEN AGAINST GARAGE.

British Court of Shanghai Holds Taxi Operators
Responsible for Accidents.

Judgement for injuries sustained while riding in a hire
car of which the chauffeur lost control was granted to G. A.
Turner and Mrs. Turner, by Judge Sir Havilland de
Sausmarez in the British Court of Shanghai recently, in a
case against the Shanghai Garage Company, Ltd. The case
was the first of its type and was closely watched for future
precedence.

Counsel for the motor company brought into court chits
for the car upon which were printed the statement that the
company was not responsible for accidents, but their
contention was not allowed by the judge.

The damage awarded totalled Tls. 2,000 to the
plaintiffs and $400 to a Chinese boy, in the employ of the
plaintiffs, who was also a passenger in the car and who
brought a second suit.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

March, 1920.

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Vol. I.

Shanghai, March 1920.

No. 12.

EDITORIAL.

MOVING FORWARD.

The time has come when China can no longer be
pictured figuratively as the sleeping giant, for China and the
Chinese are moving forward. And nowhere is this advance-
ment more noticeable than in the field of aviation and the
motor car. Each day are published developments which
mark a step in advance for the nation that was once thought
to be in the throes of an eternal slumber.

In this issue of "The Oriental Motor" are
accounts of numerous developments which point to the
progress which is being made n'ow and which will be made
in the future by the Chinese themselves. A sm.all note tells
of the application by a Chinese company for a franchise to
operate a motor bus passenger system, over certain streets in
Shanghai. In this international settlement it would seem
strange that the first organization to advance the motor
passenger system, idea would be composed solely of Chinese.
Should the service be permitted the director of operations
will be a Chinese who has been schooled as a motor engineer.

Another item tells of the sending of six students to
the plant of the famous Vimy-Viekers airplane to learn the
methods of construction and aviation engineering. Follow-

tory. Still another item gives the details of an) accessory
business to be conducted by a Chinese motor expert.

The largest development by far, however, is that of the
announcement that the May issue of "The Oriental
Motor" will carry the exclusive story of the first motor
car manufacturing plant in China, And this first factory,
according to information at hand, is to be operated by a
company of Chinese, many trained in the motor car factories
of Europe and the United States. The company has a
capitalization of Tls. 1,000,000— all subscribed by Chinese.
The new plant is already under construction and the name
of the car to be made, its specifications and other matters
of interest will be contained in the story in May.

Again it is strange in a country supposed to be of a
sonambulistic nature where foreigners are constantly seek-
ing to develop every lucrative lead, that the first motor car
factory would be the established idea of the Chinese them-
selves. It will be remembered that a similar attempt was
made in Japan to manufacture motor cars without success
but the plans of the new Chinese company have not been
made without due deliberation. They have been approved
bv competent foreign automotive engineers and designers
and nothing stands in the way of success.

These are only a few of the many every day instances.
At present from all parts of China are coming rumors of the
formation of motor truck transport companies for freight and
passenger service, projects for the construction of good roads
and many other feasible plans of especial interest in the
motoring world.

China and the Chinese are moving forward.

MOTOR CYCLISTS TO THE FOREFRONT.

In the fast revolving cycle of the motor world of
Shanghai and China, no one matter of interest can occupy
the limelight for more than a limited length of time.
Shanghai has already her Automobile Club, her Aero Club, a
proposed Motor Boat Club, and now comes down to the
footlights, the Shanghai Motorcycle Club.

The motorcycle population of Shanghai has now
progressed to sufficient size to warrant the formation of such
an organization and its reception, should be one of
enthusiastic support. More than 100 operators and owners
of the motor bikes have already signified their willingness
to get in on the organization and boost it to success.

In addition to its well-known speed and utility, the
motorcycle has an added value in China not possessed
elsewhere, with the possible exception of South America and
South Africa, The lack of good highways keep the motor
car and truck confined to certain limits defined by traversable
roads, but the motor cycle can go practically any place in
the nation, over the donkey and wheel-barrow paths and

over footpaths. The small width of the machine and the
ing this is another small n'ote on the testing of airplanes rider makes ifc espe(Cia.iiy adaptable for local conditions and
made by the Chinese government in work shops at Foochow. it may be that the new Shanghai club can include among its
The testing aviator is a Chinese trained in American terri- many possible activities a touring bureau mapping out

March, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

motorcycle routes which may be taken for a week or a two
weeks' outing. This certainly would increase the interest
of both foreigners and Chinese in the machine and would do
much toward increasing the motor bike population of
Shanghai and China.

The club has already taken up the sporting side of
motorcycle riding and is making arrangements with the
International Recreation Club for the use of their Kiangwan
race course for motorcycle racing.

The development of the club and its program for
more motorcycles and cyclists will be watched with
intense interest not only in Shanghai and China but in the
United States, Great Britain and on the continent of Europe.

A MOTOR DEALERS ASSOCIATION.
During the month past in Shanghai there has been a
crowing" agitation for the formation of an association of
motor car dealers and "The Oriental Motor" takes this
opportunity to express its approval of the idea. In the
United States from the smallest towns to the largest cities,
each have their dealers associations, all merging into a
national organization. These have been found to be es-
pecially beneficial to the dealers in protective measures, in
promoting a closer co-operation in the motor car trade and in
furthering the motor population of the United States, which
is now the world's greatest. It would be a decided step in
advance to have such an organization in Shanghai and it
is hoped that the passing of the next month will see its
perfection.

that already existing unless means can be found for
frustrating the power of the colossal combine by some sort
of State intervention. It will be remembered that in a
recent issue we announced that the French Government
had instituted a Government monopoly in the purchase and
importation of refined oils and petroleum spirit, and that
further measures were foreshadowed dealing with the dis-
tribution of the monopolized products. It is interesting now
to return to the report of the much-discussed speech by Mr.
Winston Churchill to the Center Group which was recently
issued for publication. On the subject of monopolies he
said : — "I consider monopolies a proper subject for national
control, provided a good case is shown in regard to methods
and merits in each case." The methods of oil monopolists
we know : their merits have yet to be revealed."

AGAIN GASOLINE.

Every motoring nation has its gasoline troubles. The
most recent developments of the world gasoline market,
however, have been noted in England. A recent dispatch
from that country tells of enormous profiteering which has
been made public by a civic investigating committee in the
city of London.

Another angle to the case of gasoline is given by the
foil owing editorial printed in a recent number of "Motor," an
English automobile journal, under the head "World Mono-
poly of Oil?" :

"A feeling has been current in the City during the past
week, arising out of extensive buying of "Shells" on order
from America, that something is in the wind, and certainly
the fact gives rise to a certain amount of curiosity and
speculation. Some people are connecting the activity with
Standard Oil. This, it is said, amounts to something more
than a whisper, and there may or may not be anything be-
hind it. Already the control of oil is in the hands of
monopolist groups, and anything that tends to a further
limitation of control necessarily excites criticism. It has
been proved during the war in the future industrial progress
of the country it must rank as a factor of equal national
value, A great world monopoly such as is merely hinted at
in City circles would constitute a still greater menace than

MOTORISTS HAVE REFUSED CHEAPER
FUELS.

Tests Havi Proven So-called Low Grade to be Best
and Most Economical.

It has been said that if it were not for the motorist
himself low-grade fuels such as kerosene and heavier dis-
tillates would long ago have become the successors of
gasoline. That characteristic of man to avoid what is not
conventional, which causes the least bit of inconvenience,-
is costing the motorists, the world and China millions of
dollars yearly. It has been demonstrated time and again that
kerosene and lower grade fuels can easily be carbureted
and made to give better results than gasoline now gives.
This being a fact indisputable, there seems no plausible
reason why the whole range of hydrocarbons except the
very heaviest oils cannot be used with entire satisfaction in
passenger automobiles and trucks. A New York news-
paper recently conducted road and track tests of almost thirty
devices, among them many using kerosene, and in each
case the kerosene devices proved far more economical of
fuel than the regular gasoline equipment, so that the cost
of fuel for a given mileage was about one-half of the usual
amount.

There is nothing sensational about the performance 01
these devices. The manufacturers of them are being
hindered in their progress toward a general usage by the
skepticism of the usJers. Carbureting these heavy fuels
may seem to the average motorist to border on the im-
possible, but it is nothing of the sort; in fact, it may be
said to be a rather simple matter of the proper use of heat
and pressure. The time is not far distant when refiners
will market simply automobile fuel with no definite name
such as gasoline or kerosene, and that fuel with perfected
carburetion systems will give more power and better per-
formance generally at a cost one-half that oi the present
fuel.

16 THE ORIENTAL MOTOE.

MONOGRAM OILS LOCATE IN CHINA.

March, 1920.

ABOLISHING THE TERM "PLEASURE
CAR."

J. F. Mason, Representative, Places New Lubricating Line
with Shanghai Firm.

J. F. Mason, Oriental Bepreseutatiue, Monogram Oils.

The Monogram line of lubricating' oily, tile of the first
to be associated with automobiles in the United States,
which is manufactured by the New York Lubricating Oil
Company, has been placed for the central and north China
territory in the hands of The Foster Company, 12 Nanking
Road, Shanghai, by J. F. Mason, representative of the
Pacific Coast branch of the company, now traveling in the
Orient.

Mr. Mason, who has been with the New York Lubricat-
ing Oils Company for eight years, is now covering the entire
Far Eastern territory from Japan to India, and expects to
spend eight months in establishing agencies and making
field investigations. It is possible that he will make Shang-
hai his permanent headquarters, beginning early next year
and his work will be to cooperate with the various dealers in
this section of the world.

The Monogram line is one which is widely known and
used in all parts of the world. It has been among the
leaders in the motor car field of the United States for many
years and the praise and reception given to it since it was
first introduced to this trade has had an almost unparallelled
increase each year.

Mr. Mason left Shanghai for Manila on the Empress of
Asia which sailed February 9. He intends to return to this
city May, 1 after visiting Hongkong, Canton, and Macao.

American Dealers Association Launches Campaign
Against Misnomer.

The motor car has long since ceased to be a luxury and
has now taken rank with the every day necessities of the
business man and his family. This mode of transportation
has increased the efficiency of the entire world and has come
to be the world's third largest industry.

Recognizing this the National Automobile Dealers As-
sociation of the United States has launched a campaign to
strike the misnomer, "pleasure car," from the vocabulary of
the American motorist, from all publications and if possible
from any use whatsoever so far as the automobile industry
was concerned. The concerted action is to relegate the two
words irretrievably to the scrap heap.

In order that there may not be a vacancy created where
the term "pleasure car" once filled in, the dealers have asked
the substitution of the words "passenger car" and in all
probabilities passenger car it will now be for the Americans
from this time hence.

Coming to the support of the campaign of i\xe, dealers,
the Automobile Trade Journal, an American publication,
comments as follows on "The Pleasure Car — a Misleading
Name :"

"In spite of all the agitation that has been carried on
during the last two or three years to eliminate the term
'Pleasure Car' and to call passenger cars by their rightful
name, there are still a considerable number of people, many
of them in the automobile trade or connected with it, who
continue thoughtlessly to apply the epithet 'Pleasure Car'
to a motor vehicle intended for the transportation of passen-
gers.

"Investigation has disclosed that more than eighty per
cent, of all passenger cars are used for business purposes
or to put it another way, over eighty per cent, of all
the mileage covered by passenger automobiles is in business
service. The term pleasure car is, therefore, misleading,
as it covers less than twenty per cent, of the passenger
vehicles in use.

"During the war when the automobile industry was
threatened with classification as a non-essential industry,
largely because the term pleasure car was used almost
entirely in referring to passenger automobiles, it required a
lot of hard work to convince the authorities at Washington
that passenger automobiles were essentials and not luxuries.
And there are still a number of misinformed gentlemen
charged with the making of our state and national laws
who persist in the belief that passenger automobiles should
be classed as luxuries, along with cosmetics1 and expensive
jewelry, and not as necessities in the everyday business life
of the nation."

Marcs, 1920.

TIME IS MONEY

i \

HAUL BY MOTOR TRUCK

THE C. G. C. TRUCK SERVICE

IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL DAY OR NIGHT

For estimates, apply to

THE CHINA GARAGE Co.

21 Foochow Road.

SHANGHAI

Tel. Cent. 2403

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SHANGHAI'S NEW TRUCK REGULATIONS.

March, 1920.

Shanghai Municipal Council's Promulgate New Licenses for Motor Carriers and Trailers,

Adopting the American schedule of track weights with
the use of the short ton of 2,000 pounds, the Shanghai
Municipal Councils, both of the International Settlement
and of the French Concession, have adopted new license
tables for motor trucks and trailers. Heretofore, in the
International Settlement truck licenses have run from Tls.
15 to Tls. 35 per quarter, with an interchangeable arrange-
ment with the French Concession, which resulted in only
two motor carriers being licensed in Frenchtown.

By mutual agreement this has been changed both for
motor trucks, trailers and hire cars. The license for the
latter will now be Tls. 8 in each concession, and for the
former from Tls. 14 to Tls. 50, with a license required for
each concession separately. The new French regulations
will also affect delivery bicycles and motorcycles. In the
International Concession fifty per cent, will be added to the
truck and trailer licenses for public service carriers.

The new license regulations in part for the International
Settlement are :

MOTOR FREIGHT VEHICLES.

(Including Freight Vehicles propelled by steam or
electricity or by internal combustion engines.) That each1
wheel of the vehicle be fitted with tyres made of rubber or
other soft or elastic material to be approved by the Council.
That the chassis weight, the body weight allowance, the
maximum freight capacity authorized by the makers and
the gross weight of the vehicle be shown on a plate affixed
in a conspicuous position on the vehicle and remain at all
times legible and undefaced.

That the over-all length of the vehicle including the
body or other structure be not more than 24 feet ; and that
the over-all width including the body or other structure be
not more than 7 feet 6 inches.

That the over-hang of the vehicle be not more than
one-fourth of its over-all length and be measured from the
centre of the rear axle to the rear of the frame or body or
other structure built upon the chassis. That no load bo
carried by the vehicle which will result in a greater wheel
load than that indicated by the following table : —

Diameter of
Wheel

Maximum of load per
inch width of tire

Diameter of
Wheel

Maximum of load per
inch width of tire

2'0"

600 lbs.

3 '3"

780 lbs.

2 '6"

670 „

3'6"

810 ,,

2'9"

710 ,,

3'9"

840 ,,

3'0"

750 ,,

4'0"

870 ,,

That the speed of the vehicle- be adjusted to the traffic,
more especially at street crossings or corners, at sharp curves
and in narrow roads and that, when its gross weight exceeds
.7,000 lbs., the speed be not in excess of 12 miles per hour
or, if drawing a trailer, 9 miles per hour.

FEES.*

(a) Where gross weight does no jt -exceed 4,000 lbs.,
Tls., 14 per quarter.

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(ff)

Diameter of
Wheel

Maximum of load per
inch width of tire

Diameter of
Wheel

2'0"

600 lbs.

3 '3"

2 '6"

670 ,,

3 '6"

2'9"

710 „

3 '9"

3'0"

750 „

4'0"

Over 4,000 and up to 8,000 lbs., Tls. 20 per

quarter.

Over 8,000 and up to 12,000 lbs., Tls. 24 per

quarter.

Over 12,000 and up to 16,000 lbs., Tls. 30 per

quarter.

Over 16,000 and up to 20,000 lbs., Tls. 40 per

quarter.

Over 20,000 and up to 24,000 lbs., Tls. 50 per

quarter.

Over 24,000 lbs. by special arrangement.
For motor freight vehicles operating as vehicles for hire
or as public freight carriers the fees are 50 per cent, in
excess of those set out in the above scale. * Subject to
approval at the forthcoming Annual Meeting of Eatepayers.
Freight Trailers.— That no load be carried by the
trailer which will result in a greater wheel load than that
indicated by the following table : —

Maximum of load per
inch width of tire

780 lbs.

810 ,,

840 „

870 ,,

That the trailer be fitted with efficient splash °uards.

That the trailer be equipped with a drawbar and
steering device to be approved by the Council and such as
will ensure its following the same course as the vehicle by
which it is drawn. Fees.*

(a) Where gross weight does not exceed 4,000 lbs.,
Tls. 10 per quarter.

(b) Over 4,000 and up to 8,000 lbs., Tls, 14 per
quarter.

(d) Over 12,000 and up to 16,000 lbs., Tls. 21 per
quarter.

(e) Over 16,000 and up to 20,000 lbs., Tls. 28 per
quarter.

(f) Over 20,000 and up to 24,000 lbs., Tls. 35 per
quarter.

(g) Over 24,000 lbs. by special arrangement. This
license is not available for the French Settlement.

The tariff for the French Concession follows : —
Motor Trucks of at least 1 ton, Tls. 20 per quarter

Motor Trucks of less than 1 ton, Tls. 10 per quarter .

Motor Trucks for delivery, or removal of at least 1 ton, Tls.
20 per quarter
Motor Trucks of less than 1 ton, Tls. 10 per quarter

Delivery wagons or removal vans drawn by animals from Tls.
3 to Tls. 5 per month
Delivery cycles (pedals) , Tls. 0.50 per month
Delivery cycles (motor) , Tls. 5 per quarter.

March, 1920.

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TIENTSIN, No. 6 Victoria Road.

Willi II

THE OE1ENTAL MOTOE.

Maech, 1920.

AIR CURRENTS.

Being Notes from all Parts of the World on Aircraft Subjects.

The "Macao Aerial Transport Company," a subsidiary
service in the route arranged by the Far Eastern Aviation
Company, is now in course of formation and, on comple-
tion, will include Macao, Hongkong and Canton in its field
of operations. When the service gets well under way, a
permanent terminus will be established in "Aeria Preta,"
part of the Macao territory.

The British Air Ministry has decided to scrap the great
airship station at East Fortune, Haddingtonshire, made
famous by the E. 34, the Atlantic voyager. The men and
all removable material and plant are to be transferred to a
Yorkshire aerodrome. It is also understood that airship
E. 29 is to be broken up.

Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, who with Sir Jas. Alcock
made the trip across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to
Ireland in a Yickers-Yimy airplane some months back, lias
entered a Yickers-Vimy for the proposed flight across the
Pacific for the prize of $50,000 offered by Mr. Ince,
a film magnate of Los Angeles.

The London Flying Club was recently opened at
Hendon, and adjoins the famous aerodrome where some 600
service pilots were taught flying during the war. In his
speech at the opening lunch Lord Louth referred to it as
a "wonder" club, and such it is. There are over eighty
bedrooms, and members can not only fly, hire machines and
pilot themselves, but may hire cars at a reasonable figure,
and enjoy the delights of tennis, swimming, shooting, fish-
ing, skating, and golf. After lunch free flights were given
to manv of the guests.

An aerial postal mail to Bombay was inaugurated on
January 1. The saving of time effected afforded residents
of Karachi an extra 24 hours to catch outgoing steamers.

Last month while near Madrid a French airplane,
flying at a great altitude and carrying seven persons, fell
near Guadalajara (new Castile). Three of the occupants
were killed and the others badly injured.

Nurse MacWaugh, an Australian, the first woman to
pass the flying tests since the war, has completed the course
for an E.A.F. pilot, and, according to a message from Lon-
don, received her certificate. She left for Australia, with
the intention of taking part in commercial aviation.

Lieut. -Col. J. C. Porte, inventor of the ill-fated
"Felixstowe Fury" flying-boat, which crashed in the pre-
sence of thousands of holiday-makers, at Felixstowe last
August, has died at Brighton. Only 35, he was prominent
in the old E.N.A.S. and the Eoyal Air Force. The Porte

Baby, a flying-boat large enough to carry a land scout air-
plane on its top plane, the Porte Super-Baby, and the Porte
boat were also evolved by him.

At a recent meeting of the Shanghai Botary Club, J. A.
Eitchey, postal commissioner of the Chinese Postal System,
advocated the use of aerial passenger and mail service for
China. He stated that with the combined service, adding
light freight, that the service should be self
supporting. The plan may be put into action if the aerial
transport company now being formed in Hongkong and
Canton extends its service to Shanghai and the North.

Six Chinese students are to be sent to the Yickers
plant in England to study the construction of aircraft,
according to a recent announcement. They are to make
the voyage at the expense to the Department of Aviation
of the Eepublic of China. The announcement also included
the statement that new airplanes made by the government
at Foochow are to be tested by Yan Sen-yat, an experienced
Chinese-American aviator, who was born in the Hawaiian
Islands.

Milton O. Clark, a representative of the Standard Oil
Company at Canton, has been made assistant commissioner
for China of the round the world air derbv.

The following report of the formation of the Far East
Aviaition Company at Macao is quoted from material
furnished by Major Charles E. Glidden, executive secretary
of the round the world derby by air commission which was
recently in Shanghai : "What promises to be one of the
largest aerial operating concerns in the Far East, which
has been properly named the Far Eastern Aviation
Company, has been formed at Macao. The company has
ordered seven planes and employed ten American pilots and
mechanicians. The company was organized by C. E. W.
Eicon, one of the leading business men of the city. The
general offices have been opened in Hongkong. The
proposed routes are between Hongkong and Macao,
Hongkong and Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, Shanghai
and Manila. Stops will be made at intermediate points.
Mr. Eicou is an experienced aviator." The aviators and
mechanicians mentioned are already in Hongkong.

The Aero Club of Malaya has under consideration the
establishment of a large air station at Singapore.

The first two Avrcs ordered by the Chinese government
from the Handley-Page Company have arrived in Peking
and have been successfully put through their paces by
Captain Mackenzie. Captain Mackenzie's testing gave the
Chinese capital its first "look see" at stunt flying.

March, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

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Do Your Xires Suit You ?

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being given you by the tires you use. If
you are, that is well, and the limit of any
tire's accomplishment.

But perhaps you feel — as does another
portion of the motoring public — that your tire
money should buy a little more, in miles and
untroubled travel, than it does now.

As much more, for instance, as the highest
type materials and methods could give.

If you feel this way, we suggest that you
follow the general trend, and try Goodyear Tires.

They are the preferred tires of many, many
motorists. Taking the world as a whole, more
of them are bought than of any other brand.

A quality of materials and a method of
manufacture less than the highest could not
sustain this tremendous popularity.

A tire less than immensely superior could
not increase it — as Goodyears are doing.

Goodyear Tires are made in botn millimeter and incn sizes.

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THE ORIENTAL MOTOE.

Maech, 1920.

THE NEW FRENCHTOWN SAFETY ISLANDS, SHANGHAI.

Adding further to
the night safety of the
motorist, the French
Municipal Council of
Shanghai lias erected
electric signals on small
safety islands at street
crossings. A green light
indicates a- clear right
of -way and a red warns
the motorist of ap-
proaching traffic from
the cross street.

TWO MILLIONS ARE OFFERED IN 1920 AIR PRIZES.

Flights in France and Italy arc on Program as Well as Round the World Derby.

Two million dollars in prizes will be offered to the
world's champion airmen in various contests during this
year, the Aero Club of America has announced.

Plans are under way for a series of contests which, it
is expected will advance the "conquest of the air" farther
than ever before, and information received by the Aero Club
here indicates that more birdmen will compete than in 1919.

All competitions will be held according to the rules of
the International Aeronautic Federation, of which the Aero
Club of America is the sole representative in the United
States.

TESTS NAMED.

Among the principal tests for which the club is to select
American "competitors are :

1 — The International Aviation Trophy Contest to be'
held in Prance, for which the National Aero Club of each
of the countries represented in the Federation can enter three
representatives.

2. — The International Marine Plying Trophy, to be held
in Italy, for which the National Aero Club of each of the
countries represented in the Federation can have three re-
presentatives.

AEEIAL DERBY.

3. — The first aerial derby around the world, the rules
and regulations for which are being considered by the Federa-
tion at date of writing and for which $1,000,000 in prizes is
being raised.

4. — The International Balloon Trophy Contests, to be
held in the United States, for which the National Aero Club
of each of the countries represented in the Federation can
enter three representatives.

5 — The International Aerial Derby across the United
States, with $100,000 in prizes, being organized by the
Aerial League of America, which will be open to all the
National Aero Clubs and clubs and organizations affiliated
with the Aero Club of America and the Aerial League of
America .

CUBAN CONTESTS.

fi — The Cuban Aerial Contests, being held under the
auspices of the Aerial League of Cuba during the third Pan-
American Aeronautic Congress at Havana February 21 to
March 1, 1920.

7— The $-50,000 prize offered by Mr. Thomas H. Inee
through the Pacific Aerial Club and Aero Club of America
for a flight across the Pacific.

8— The $25,000 prize offered through the Aero Club of
America by Mr. Raymond Orteig for the first flight from
New York to Paris or vice versa.

9 — The Intercollegiate Trophies and $5,000 Valentine
prizes being organized by the Aerial League of America. .

10— The Curtiss Marine Flying Contest for $1,000 cash
prize, open to members of the Aero Club of America and
its affiliated clubs.

11— The $2,000 Glidden Trophy Aerial Touring Con-
test, being organized by the Aerial Toiiring Association, of
which Major Charles J. Glidden, the originator of the famous
Glidden Tours, is president.

12 — A number of other contests with large cash prizes
are being organized, the details of which will be announced
in the near future.

March, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

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THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

March, 1920.

THE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT YOUR CAR.

It is the little things about your motor car
that count just as it is the little things in your business
that often cause your best laid plans to go astray.

Each month on this page will be published little
things about your motor car that you should know —
often, knowledge that will save you repair bills.

Where gear cases or housings are provided with vents
to permit the escape of air under pressure that results from
heating, care should be taken to see that the vents are kept
free. Not infrequently careless painters cover the screen
that generally is fitted to the opening.

If upon examination the crankshaft or connecting rod
bearings are found to be worn a little more on the ends
than in the middle it may be taken as a sure sign that the
crankshaft is not quite true.

The man who ia too busy to have his spark plugs cleaned
is shortening his battery life. Even though the engine is
using magneto ignition, the carbon on the spark plugs is
putting unnecessary work on the battery. The engine
must be turned over more rapidly in order to get a spark
from the magneto and the battery has to do much more
work for each start than it would if the plugs were clean.
The motorist who has his spark plugs unscrewed and cleaned
every week or two will find that he has taken a big load off
the battery and that he is able to get his engine turning over
in noticeably shorter time.

It is wise occasionally to examine the rear wheels for
slack. A little wabble on the axle will soon wear the key
or key-seat into a bad condition necessitating extensive re-
pairs sooner or later.

A great many cars vibrate and rattle at high speeds due
to loose front fenders. These can often be reinforced and
made rigid by placing a rod between the two just below the
lamps. Make two angle washers and draw tight into place.
Pull the fenders back first by hand to get the length of the
rod and the angle at which to make angle washers. Make
of one-quarter inch iron.

The seat covers used in motor cars generally wear first
at the seams. In order to prevent this it is a good plan to
reinforce the seams by sewing over them a strip of imitation
leather about an inch wide. The strips are sewed to the
cover of cloth on each side of the seam. This reinforcement
also prevents dust from accumulating in the seams and
thereby adds to the cleanliness of the cover.

Don't permit the driving wheels to slide either in start-
ing or stopping. Gradual clutch and brake engagement will
avoid this. Proper adjustment of each and good judgment
in driving will amply repay you.

When the small rubber cushion in the base of a tire
valve is displaced in any way it is apt to depress the small
core stem of the valve so that a slow leak results, which the
car owner probably blames on a tiny puncture.

Don't forget the top. Dust it off occasionally to pre-
serve the material.

Don't attempt to file the contact points or adjust a
relay. Take it to an experienced electrician. Don't ever
race the motor.

Comparatively few owners and drivers of motor cars
are aware of the value of soap for sealing leaking joints in
the gasoline system. Very frequently gasoline oozes out
around the filler cap, especially when the tank is nearly
full. Such a leak is objectionable because the gasoline
spreads over the outside of the tank, which nowadays is
usually carried at the fear of the car, collects dirt and impairs
the finish. A coating of ordinary soap on the gasket and
threads will prevent leakage, even when the tank is full.
When joints in the fuel line and around the carburetor, in
particular, develop small leaks, a coating of soap will usually
prove efficacious.

The primary current should never be run through the
master vibrator coil when the secondary circuit is not m
use, as this will ruin the unit.

By removing the wheel and band and cutting out a
short bit of lining under the anchor squeaks may be
eliminated from the braking system. The section removed
may be taken from between the rivets, so that these latter
are not disturbed and the lining will be just as firmly held as
before.

There are several causes of oil collecting on the points
of the spark plugs. One of these is the use of too heavy
a lubricating oil. If this trouble is persistent try mixing
a pint of kerosene with each gallon of oil. This may cure
the trouble.

Millions of gallons of fuel are wasted every year through
the idling of truck engines. When the truck is standing
at the loading platform or elsewhere the engine should be
stopped. Unless some watch is maintained over the drivers
theiy will idle their engines to avoid the trouble of mating a
fresh start.

March, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR.

The Creed of Goodrich

Whatever is right for a responsible
manufacturer to give the customer, The
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To do what is right is not a Goodrich
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THE OBIENTAL MOTOE.

NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE.

Maech, 1920.

"The Oriental Motor" takes pleasure in announcing that
the May number of this publication will contain a full
account of the first factory and corporation in China to
manufacture motor cars. The factory is now in the process
of construction and the company, which has a capital of
Tls. 1,000,000, has been formed for some time. Experts,
Chinese and foreign, have been employed. Only a few
remaining preliminary steps are necessary before the
announcement. The story will be an exclusive one for this
publication.

T. Kusaka, China manager for the B. F. Goodrich
Company, is attending a conference of Goodrich representa-
tives in Tokyo.

Capt. J. E. Inch, managing director, of the Shanghai
Garage Company, Ltd., has returned from a business trip
to England and America.

E. L. Ward, a former captain in the famous Lafayette
Esquadrille, who has more recently been with the x\sia
Banking Corporation, Shanghai, has returned to the United
States in the interest of a newly formed motor concern of
Shanghai.

The first step toward establishing a motor bus passenger
service in Shanghai was taken recently when W. H. Chen,
acting as attorney for the Chinese Motor Bus Company,
Ltd., made application to the Municipal Council for a motor
bus service on Avenue Edward VII, Thibet Eoad and Ningpo
Eoad. The plans of the company call for a circuit service
on the streets of the city. If the franchise is granted, the
service will be in charge of Louis S. Pang, an automobile
engineer who has recently returned to Shanghai after
spending some years abroad.

Some representative gasoline prices from the Southern
states of America may be observed in the following excerpt
from a report which tells of a raise of one cent per gallon
in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. "The
minimum and maximum prices, respectively, now in effect
in those states are: Alabama, 25-27 cents; Florida, 24J-27
cents; Georgia, 25J-27J cents; and Mississippi, 25 cents."

A. L. Zollner, Oriental division manager of the John
N. Willys Export Corp., who has been in Shanghai for
three weeks in the interest of his company has departed for
Japan. Mr. Zollner will return to this city within a short
time and will probably make his headquarters here.

N. Tominaga, managing director of the newly organiz-
ed Monchen Motor Company of Tsingtao, is in Shanghai
purchasing garage equipment and other supplies.

The Moline Knight, manufactured by the Eoot and
Van Dervoort Engineering Company of Moline, 111., U. S.
A., is to be known hereafter as the E. and V. Knight, ac-

cording to a recent announcement.

Unmistakable evidence of the appreciation which
foreign markets hold for American methods and successful
American names, is reflected in news from London to the
effect that the investing public there has oversubscribed the
first public offering of stock in the new British Willys-
Overland enterprise, the formation of which is mentioned
elsewhere in this issue. The subscription list for £1,000,000
in the Willys- Overland-Crossley, Ltd., at ten per cent, was
filled long before scheduled time, with many thousands of
applicants.

A cord' construction tire has been placed on the Paris
market by the Michelin firm. The tire is constructed with
clincher bead and in two sizes only for the present : 880
and 820 milimeter diameter. The tire will be sold at an
increase of thirty per cent, on the fabric construction. This
is the first cord tire to be produced in France.

H. C. Steiner, factory representative of the Goodyear
Tire and Eubber Co., is making a round trip of inspection
to Manila and Hongkong on the Empress of Asia.

G. M. Malcolm, representative of the Eobertson-Cole
Company of New York, exporters of motor cars, is visiting
Shanghai. He is completing a tour of the Orient.

A rise is forecasted in recent advises from the United
States in the prices of lubricating and machine oils. The
boost in the former will average from thirteen to
twenty— tw) per cent, approximately and fifty per cent, in
the latter.

The number of women motorists who now receive
service from the Automobile Association and Motor Union
in England has increased from a few hundred to 10,000.
A large majority are active members and more' not only
drive their own cars but also carry out minor repairs on
the road. The army of women motorists!, according to
latest information from all parts of the world, is steadily
increasing. Women's motoring activities during the war
have no doubt been largely responsible for the growing
popularity of the art, but the automatic self starter and
other modern improvements will have to be also reckoned
with as an added impetus.

March, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

this Essex

eader skip ?

More
for 22,

Essex sales have astonished motordom,
and the Essex is only a year old.

The wisest men of the industry could
not have foretold such swift success.

Now Essex proves the accuracy of
motordom 's judgment.

Let the official tests speak :

On the Cincinnati Speedway a stock
chassis ■ Essex made a new world mark of
3037 miles in 50 hours, under observation
of the American Automobile Association.

With other trials the same Essex ran a
total of 5870 miles in 94 hours, 22 minutes
driving time, averaging over a mile a minute.

Still another Essex phaeton holds the
world's 24-hour road mark of 1061 miles
made in the face of a blizzard over snow-
covered Iowa country roads.

$35,000
Essex

Isold was
Now in Service

That was the answer. The Essex had
made good, it had shown such qualities and
unexpected performance that owners could
not restrain their enthusiasm. It was
contagious. Even non-owners caught it, and
added their praises for Essex.

But Shanghai users do not require a car
with great speed. The records referred to are
shown merely to demonstrate the remarkable
durability and endurance of the Essex Motor
— that it is a really superior Motor.

So what greater proof of Essex economy
could be asked -than its new world endurance
mark.

Let us demonstrate one.

DODGE & SEYMOUR (China), Ltd.

Sole Agents.

89/91, Rue Montauban,|Shanghai.

■ ■ -..'"':■■■ ■•

Essex 5-Passcnger Phaeton'

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

■March, 1920,

AUTO PRICES PREDICTED HIGHER.

Shortages Will Bring Rise, H. S. Honigsberg Says, After Trip to U. S.

I™

H. S. Honigsberg, Managing director of H. S. Honigsberg
and Co., Inc., Shanghai.

Now is the time to buy motor cars. H. S. Honigsberg
declares after two months and a half spent in the eastern
part of the United States in attendance at both
the New York and the Chicago Automobile shows, and
inspection of the big' eastern automobile plants. Mr.
Honigsberg, manager director of H. S. Honigsberg & Co.
Inc., handling the Chevrolet, Buick and Cadillac, insists
that delay will mean disappointment.

"In might be inferred that I mean particularly pro-
spective purchasers of Chevrolet, Buick and Cadillac,"
Maid Mr. Honigsberg, "but the advice applies to every one,
no matter what car he has decided upon. The real results
of the strikes and subsequent shortages are just now being
felt and the outlook is that there will be even more disturban-
ces, and with these conditions every one is predicting in-
creases in the price for all cars. The price jump is coming.

"The New York and Chicago Automobile shows were
wonderful successes, although the prevalance of influenza
had its effect on the attendance. The new Model 59 Cadillac
was the hit of the show with its new stream line effect.
Only stock models were shown of all the cars as the
majority of manufacturers were on an 80 per cent, war

basis and between the time of the signing of the armistice
and the show there was no time for the making of new
models.

"The American car has completed the most strenuous
endurance run in his history. The event started April 6th,
1917, and terminated November 11th, 1918. The itineary
of 4,401 miles, called for a journey from Washington, D. C.
to Berlin, Prussia. It was not necessary to go the whole
distance, but at the finish the car, as then equipped and
tuned, could have gone anywhere in Europe it wanted,
and at about any speed that Chauffeur Pershing chose to
send it. The motor industry emerged from the great War
with increased prestige.

"There was scant cheer for the automobile manufacturer
in the grey days of early 1918. He had everything needed
for ears but steel, gasoline, rubber, coal and iabor. At one
time about all they were sure of were license tags, air for
tubes and an obligation to charge a tax and in rapid
succession had to justify themselves to various cabinet
departments, committees of the House and Senate, to
departments of the Army and Navy, to the Allied purchasing
commission, the Federal Trade Board, Federal ravers Board,
the Food administration the Bailroad Administration and
the Priorities commission. These all held them in a grip
of unpreedented power and with it all four months after
the signing of the Armistice where the automobile
manufacturers bad been seventy per cent munitions and
war industries they were back full strength on pre-war
production.

"To-day there are seven million six hundred and two
thousand motor vehicles in the United States. This is one
to every fourteen in a population of 106,000,000. If the
average could be up to one to six, as in Iowa, there would
be a gain in round numbers of 9,500,000 vehicles. If this
total seems impressive due regard must be given to the
staggering possibilities of the export trade. Has it ever
occurred to you how completely the United States
monopolizes the use of motor vehicles?

"Africa with 138,000,000 population has 24,000
automobilies, Asia with 819,000,000 has 27,000. Oceanica,
including Australia and New Zealand, with 65,000,000 po-
pulation has 54,000 vehicles. The Western Hemisphere, ex-
clusive of the United States, has a population of 94,000,000
and 157,000 motor vehicles. This is a total for all of the
world, excluding the United States, of 719,000 vehicle's, or
one to eveiy 2,175 of population. In other words, the United
States with one-sixteenth of the world's population has ten
times as many automobiles as the remainder of the world
put together. Suppose they ever start to buy?
(Continued Page 48)

:March, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

AN EXCEPTIONAL

TUNITY

WE OFFER A NUMBER OF

WICHITA 3-TON TRUCKS

as illustrated above with stake bodies and detachable tires

Will sell singly or as a whole as Desired

MOTOR. — 4-cylinder, en bloc, bore 3|", stroke 5J". Spark plugs
§" — 18 ALAM. Valves enclosed, protected from dirt and dust.

IGNITION. — High tension magneto.

LUBRICATION. — Gear pump and splasb oil scoops on end of con-
necting rods. Capacity of oil base 2 gal.

COOLING. — Centrifugal Pump; 5J gal. Cellular type radiator.
Inlet hose connections 1J" diameter. Four-blade aluminum fan
with ball bearings.

CLUTCH. — Quick Adjustable cone, leather faced, spring inserts.
Dimensions, 15"x2£".

TRANSMISSION. — Selective sliding gear, 3 speeds forward, 1
reverse. Face of gears, 1". Reduction through transmission :
1st speed, 3.65 to 1; 2nd speed, 1.69 to 1; 3rd speed, direct
drive. Reverse speed, 4.78 to 1.

DRIVE. — Propeller shaft to transmission; tubular propeller shaft
transmission to worm drive rear axle.

SPRING. — Heat treated. Front, semi-elliptic, 9 leaves, length 40",
width 2J", suspended under frame. Rear, semi-elliptic, 14
leaves, length 56", width 3", outside bracket suspension.

BRAKES. — Service, internal expanding on rear wheel drum.
Diameter, 1S'x2J". Emergency, internal expanding on rear
wheel drum, 18"x2J".

WHEELS. — Artillery type, front and rear, 36" diameter, 14 spokes.

Front wheel spokes, 2^".
TIRES.— Front, solid, single, 37"x4". Rear, solid, 37"x7".

EQUIPMENT.— Two oil side lights, one oil tail light, horn, tool
kit, and jack.

For further particulars apply to

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47 Boone Road. Shanghai.

Complete stock of spare parts including tires
PRICE ACCORDING TO QUANTITY

THE OEIENTAL MOTOR.

March, 1920.

LATEST SPECIFICATIONS OF U.S. GASOLINE PASSENGER CARS

Revised March 10th from the latest 1020 announcements of the leading manufacturers of America. Prices quoted are iu gold dollars, P. 0. B. Factory.
Specifications and prices quoted are on stock models exclusively, except where otherwise noted, and do not include crating, railway and ocean freightage,

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ANDERSON

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APPERSON

8-20 8-3jx5 Remy

ARGONNE

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AUBURN

639-H&K 6-3Jx4£ Remy
AUSTIN

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BELL

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BIDDLE

4-3|x5J Simms
BOUR-DAVIS

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BREWSTER

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BRISCOE

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BUICK

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H-6-49-50 6-3|x4| Delco
CADILLAC

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CAMERON

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55 6-2tsx4J Conn
CASE

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CHALMERS

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CHAMPION

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4-40 4-3^x5 A.Kent
CROW-ELKHART

L-55 4-3Jx5 Conn

H-55 6-3£x5 Conn
CUNNINGHAM

59-A 8-3|x5 Delco
DANIELS

D-19 8-3^x5i Delco
DAVIS

51 6-3|x4£ Delco

DISPATCH

G 4-3|x-5 Bosch

DIXIE FLYER

4-3Jx5 Conn
DODGE BROTHERS

6-80 4-3£x4£ N.E.

DORRIS

6-80 6-4 x5 Bosch

DORT

4-3jx5 Conn
DUPONT

4-3'gx54 Bosch
ECONOMY

6-46 6-3jx4£ Conn

ELCAR

4 4-3jx5 Delco

6 6-3|x4J Delco

ELGIN

6-K 6-3Jx4| Wagner

A-Lite 110 32x4 SS ${1495 $1495

Dyneto 116 32x4 SS 1485

Wsths 122 32x4 SS {1895 1865

Remy 120 33x4 SS tl835 1775

Bijur 130 34x4$ SS 2950 +2950

118 32x4 SS 4500 t4700

Remy 120 33x4 SS 1695 1695

Remy 142 34x4£ SS t4250

A-Lite 114 31x4 SS +1395 1395

5G&D 121 32x4 SS 3150 *3300

Wsths 118 32x4 SS 1700

USL 125 34x4J SS 7400

A-Lite 109 30x4 QD 1285

Delco 118 33x4 SS 1495 1495

Delco 124 34x4J SS

Delco 125 35x5 SS +3790

108 32x4

Bijur 118 32x4 2000

Wsths 126 34x4£ SS t2400

. T., (122 32x4) SS

A-Litejn7 34x4| 16gg lg85

Dyneto 116 32x3J SS 1150

Delco 118 32x4 SS 1495

G&D 123 33x4 SS tl895

A-Lite 102 30x3£ 715 735

A-Lite 110 33x4 SS 1210 1235

G&D 112 32x4 SS {1385 1385

Delco 127 33x5 SS 2750 +2750

A-Lite 115 32x4 SS 1945 1795

Wagner 125 32x4 SS 2150

Dyneto 177 32x4 SS 1395

Dyneto 111 32x3£ SS 1295 1295

Dyneto 117 33x4 SS {1545 15;45

Wsths 132 35x5 SS +4250 *4750

Delco 132£ 34x4£ SS {4500 +4500

Delco 120 33x4 SS .:.;.. 1985

USL 120 34x4 SS {1250 +1290

Dyneto 112 32x4 SS 1465 1465

N.E. 114 32x3J SS 1085 1085

Wsths 132 33x5 SS +4350

Wsths 105J 30x3£ ... {985 985

124 32x4£ SS 4000

A-Lite 115 33x4 SS +1795 1795

Delco 116 33x4 SS +1395 1395

Delco 116 33x4 SS tl595 1595

Wagner 118 33x4 QD 1665

ESSEX

A 4-3fx5 Delco Delco

FERRIS

6-3Jx5£ ...... L-N

FORD

$1965 $2950 T 4-3fx4 Ford

FRANKLIN
1850 2650 9B 6-3£x4 A.Kent Dyneto

GARDNER
2950 4000 G 4-3Jx5 Wsths Wsths

GLIDE

6-40 6-3^x5 Wsths Wsths

GRANT
+1695 2475 6-H 6-3*x4J A.Kent Biiur

HALLADAY
*4250 5500 22 6-3^x4* A.Kent Wsths

HANSOJS

54 6-3£x4J Delco Delco

HARROUN

4600 A-l 4-3^x5J A.Kent Remy

HATFIELD

1S85 42 4-3fx5 Conn Dyneto

HAYNES

45 6-3 Jx5 KingstonL-N

46 12-2|x5 Delco L-N

HOLLIER

206-B 6-3^x4* Remy Wsths

2255 HOLMES

1785 2695 1 6-3ix4J Holmes Dyneto

HUDSON
3790 4450 Super-6 6-3£x5 Delco Delco
HUFFMAN

1700 6-31x4* Conn Dyneto

HUPMOBILE

R-3 4-3Jx5J A.Kent Wsths

2400 3000 JACKSON

6-3Jx4J A-Lite A-Lite
1765 2370 JONES

2370 6-28 6-3£x5£ A-Lite A-Lite

JORDAN

F 6-3£x5i Delco Bijur

M 6-3^x4$ Delco Delco

KING
1895 2795 H 8-3 x5 A.Kent Wsths

KISSEL KAR

§1185 Custom Built 6-5TVx5 h Remy Remy

1795 KLINE KAR

6-55-J 6-3jx4| Conn Wagner

2195 LAFAYETTE

8-3ix-5£ Delco Delco
3995 3995 LEACH

6-3^x5| Delco Delco
+1945 2850 LEXINGTON

S 6-3ix4J Conn G&D

LIBERTY

10-C 6-3^x4^ A.Kent Wagner

LOCOMOBILE

48 6-4Jx5J Berling Wsths

+1445 LORRAINE

2395 4-3^x5 Conn Wsths

McFARLAN

4250 127 6-4Ax6 Wsths Wsths

MADISON
4500 6000 6-3&x5 A.Kent Remy

MAIBOHM
+2150 2985 B 6-3jx4| A.Kent Bijur

MARMON

34 6-3|x5J Delco Delco

MAXWELL

1965 25 4-3fx4£ A.Kent Simms

MERCER

1900 5 4 4-3|x6| Berling Wsths

METZ
4350 5720 Master. 6 6-3£x5 Conn Wsths
MITCHELL

1535 F-40 6-3^x5 Remy Remy

MOLLER

4-2|x4 Eisman Dyneto

MONITOR

2475 6-3Jx4i Dyneto

MONROE

2095 ^-9 4-3|x4£ A-Lite

2295 MOON

6-48 6-3jx4J Delco Delco

+1785 2570 6-68 6-3|x5| Delco Delco

108J 32x4 SS $1595

130 32x4J SS

100 30x3£r C 500

115 32x4 SS 2700
112 32x3J SS {1125

119 32x4 SS +1695

116 32x4 SS {1595

116 33x4 SS 1985

121 32x4 SS

106 30x3j ... 1095

115 32x4 SS 1125

127 34x4£ SS +2685

127 34x4| SS

120 33x4 SS +1985

126 34x4£ SS

125| 34x4J SS

120 32x4 SS.'

112 32x4 SS 1450

121 33x4 SS

126 34x4 QD 2250

127 32x4* SS

120 32x4 SS

120 32x4J SS 2600
124 32x4£ SS 2975

121 33x4 SS {1965

132 33x5 SS

126 32x4£ SS 4800

120 32x4 SS

117 32x4 SS 1695
142 35x5 SS +8200

114 32x4 SS +1425
136 35x5 SS 5000

115 33x4 SS

116 32x4 SS

136 32x4^ SS +4650

109 30x3J C {985

115 32x4J SS 4950

117 32x4 SS {1895

120 33x4 SS {1750

... 28x3 ... 1100

117 33x4

115 32x3£ SS 1440

118 32x4 SS {1985

122 35x5 SS +2500

$1595

$2250

${3390

525

775

2750

+2750

3750

1125

1695

1595

2450

1985

2485

1685

995

1695

+1695

3500

+3450

2685
3450

3550
4200

1985

2900 +2900

400O

+2200

2200

2900

, 1795

1450

2185

1885

2850

2350

2250

2775
2550

2775

3800
3600

+2585

2585

3100

+2875

2975 +3975

1990

2790

3950 +4800

2185

2585

1695

2595

8100

11300

1425

+4800

4800

6100

1550

1395

2100

4600

4650

6250

985

1655

+4950 *4950

1895

1750

2600

+1150

1525 +1575

1440

1885

2750

2885
3650

March, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOE.

Model

Starting 2- 5-

Motor Ignition Lighting WB Tires Rims Pass. Pass.

7-
Pass.

Sedan

Starting 2- 5- 7-

Model Motor Ignition Lighting WB Tires Rims Pass. Pass. Pass. Sedan

MOORE
30-F 4-3fx4£ A-Lite

MURRAY

8-3|x5 Dixie

NASH

681 6-3|x5J Delco

NATIONAL

Sextet 6-3Jx5i Delco

NELSON

D 4-3£x4f Bosch

NOMA

I 6-3.|x4*, Delco

NORWALK

4-3Jx5*, Delco
OAKLAND

34-C 6-2^x4| Remy
OLDSMOBILE

45-B 8-2^x41 Delco

37-A 6-2^x4| Remy
OLYMPIAN

4-3^x4*, Conn
OVERLAND

4 4-3gx4 A-Lite

OWEN-MAGNETIC

W-42 6-4 x5*, Bosch
PACKARD

3-35

3-25 12-3 x5 Delco
PAIGE

6-39 6-3£x5i A.Kent

6-55 6-3£x5| A.Kent
PATERSON

6-47 6-3jx4*, Willarcl

PEERLESS

56 8-3jx5

PIEDMONT

6-40 3;|x44

4-30 3Ax5

PIERCE-ARROW

48 6-4^x5*, Delco

38 6-4x5*, Delco

PILOT

6-45 6-3Jx5 Delco

PORTER

4-4x6| Berling
PREMIER

6-D 6-3gx5*, Delco

R & V-KNIGHT

J 4-3|x5 Wagner

R 6-3^x4*, Wagner

A-Lite 110

Wsths 128

Wagner 121

Wsths 30

U.S.L. 104

Delco 128

Dyne to 116

Remy 115

Delco 122
Remy 112

A-Lite 116

A-Lite 100

Own ' 142

(136
Bijur (128

G&D 119
G&D 127

Delco 120

A.Kent A-Lite 125

Remy
Delco

Remy 122
Dyneto 116

Wsths 142
Wsths 134

Delco 120

142

Delco 126

Wagner 115
Wagner 127

30x3 J QD ...... $1095

34x4*, 3500

33x4 SS $1490 U595

32x4*, SS 3500 f3500

32x4 SS 1700

31x4*, SS 2600 12900

32x3*, SS 1235

32x4 SS {1165 1165

33x4* SS t2045

32x4- SS 1395 1395

32x3*, ... 1240 1240

30x3*, QD 945 945

35x5 SS

35x5 SS t5200 5200

33x4 SS {1670 1670
33x4 J SS 12300

33x4 SS 1695

34x4 J SS 12900

32x4 SS 1865

22x3*, SS 1395

35x5 QD 7650 7650
34x4*, SS t7250 7250

32x4 SS U700 1650

35x5 SS 19200

32x4*, SS 4300 f4300

32x4 QD 2150

32x4*, QD 3050 13050

$1640

$2575

3550

4700

1825

2045

2950
1995

1575

6500

7500

f 5550
[5250

2195

2395
3095

1725

2600

2900

3700

7750
7250

9250
8550

2500

9400

4300

5700

3050

2700
3800

REO

1920 6-3^x5 N. E. N. E. 120 33x4 SS ${1650 $1650 $2500

REVERE

A 4-4|x6 Bosch Wsths 131 32x4* SS 4250 4250 $t4250

ROAMER

C-6-54 6-3Jx5J Bosch Bijur 128 32x4 SS 2875 +2950 2950 3850
ROCK FALLS

6-3*x5j Bosch Wsths 136 35x5 SS

SAXON

6-2§x4* Remy Wagner 112 32x3£ SS 1785

SAYERS

SIX- A 6-3^x4*, Delco Delco 118 33x4 ... 1745 1745 2695

SCRIPPS-BOOTH

B-39 6-2£fx4§ Remy Remy 115 32x4 SS {1425 1425 2175

SENECA 4-3£x4*, Remy Remy 108 30x3* C 1185 .....'. ...„„,

SINGER

20 6-4 x5*, Bosch Wsths 138 33x5 SS t5800 5800 7800

SKELTON

4-3Jx5 Conn Wsths 112 SS 1245 1245

SPACKE

S-20 2-3Jx3.67A.Kent 90 28x3 ... 295

STANDARD

I 8-3jx5 A.Kent Wsths 127 34x41 SS 3000 t3000 3000 4800

STANLEY

Steamer 2-4x5 130 34x4j SS 4275 4275 6100

STEARNS

SKL4 4-3|x5|A.Kent Wsths 125 34x4*, SS {2350 2350 3450

STEPHENS

Salient Six 6-3^x4* A-Lite A-Lite 122 33x4* SS 2050 tl975 *2050 3050

STUDEBAKER

E.H. 6-3£x5 Wagner Wagner 119 32x4 SS 1785 1785 fl785 2585

E-G 6-3|x5 Wagner Wagner 126 33x44, SS 2250

Light six ej 3Jx4J Wagner Wagner 112 32x4 SS {1635

S™TZ 4-4gx6 Delco Remy j 13° 32x4^ SS 3250 3250 3350

TEMPLAR

4-38x5*, Bijur Bijur 118 32x4 SS 2685 2685 3585

VELIE

48 6-3^x4*, Bijur Bijur 115 32x4 SS 1785 1785 tl950 2485

WESTCOTT

C-48 6-3*x5J Delco Delco 125 32x4*, SS 2890 2890 4490

C-38 6-3|x4J Delco Delco 118 33x4 SS 2390 2390 {2790 3490
WILLYS-KNIGHT

20 4-3gx4*, A-Lite 118 33x4 SS 1750 2550

WINTHER

61 6-3|x5 Wsths Wsths 119*, 33x4 SS

WINTON

25 6-33x5 J Bosch Bijur 132 35x5 SS 4250 3950 4250 5350

*6-passenger. t4-passenger. J3-passenger.

A-Rm?WTATTrwS— " A Kent" Atwater Kent, "A-Lite" Auto-Lite, "Conn" Connecticut, "G&D" Gray & Davis, "Eisman" Eisemann, "L-N,.
I ele Neville "NE" Nortli l East '"Wsths" Westinghouse, "W. Lnrd." Ward Leonard, "SS" Straight Side, "QD" Quick Detachable, "C» Clincher
"QDR" Quick Detachable Reversible. NOTE.— 30x3 Jr means that the rear tires are 30x34, and the front are smaller. §31x4 C tires on Sedan.

THE LATEST BRITISH CAR PRICES.

The following is a revised price list for 1920 of British
motor cars available at the time of our March number.
It now includes a list of all the principal British
makes, and is as nearly complete as possible with the in-
formation at time of going to press.

A. C. 6-cyl. Chassis only...
ANGUS-SANDERSON. 4-cyl. 14.3 h.p

Two-seater ...
Four- „
Two- „ Coupe
ARMSTEONG-SIDDELEY. " SIX." Chassis only ...

Saloon Double Phaeton ...
4-cyl. " Victory Model,"

Complete
4-cyl. 15.9 h.p. Complete
Chassis Complete

Standard Model

Four-seater Coupe ...
Seven-seater Landaulet

ARROL-JOHNSTON.

AUSTIN.

4-cyl. 20 h.p.

4-cyl. 20 h.p.
AUTOCRAT. Two-seater
Four-seater
Coupe

£550

575

750

£720

1,000

£700
625

£470
595
695
725

£445
475
500

BEAN. 4-cyl. 11.9 h.p. Two-seater, Open
Four-seater, ,,
Two-seater, Coupe
Four-seater, ,,

BELSIZE. 4-cyl. 20.1 h.p. Chassis only
Two-seater Model
Four- ,, ,,

Coupe
Landaulet

BRITON LIGHT CAR.

4-cyl. 9.9 h.p. Two-seater
Model

BRITON STANDARD MODEL. 4-cyl. 11.3 h.p.

Two-seater
Four-seater

CALCOTT. 11.9 h.p. Two-seater

11.9 h.p. Coupe

CALTHORPE. 4-cyl. 10.5 h.p. Two-seater Standard 375 guineas
Four-seater Standard ... ... 400 guineas

Coupe ... 450 guineas

Four-seater Sporting ... ... 400 guineas

CHARRON. Chassis only £960

£425
450
500
550

£450
550
620
770
830

£395

£450
475

£475
550

CHAEEON-LAYCOOK.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

Two-seater 460

Three-seater ... ... 490

Coupe 540

CEOSSLEY. 4-cyl. 25-30 h.p. EF.O. Chassis

Touring

Limousine Landaulet

Coupe

DAIMLEE. ''Light 30" Chassis

" Standard 30 " Chassis

" Special 45"

TALBOT-DAEEACQ. 16 h.p. 4-cyl. Four-seater model

TALBOT-DAEEACQ. 8-cyl. 20 h.p. Chassis

DAWSON. 4-cyl. 11 h.p. Two-seater

Coupe

DELAHAYE. 4-cyl. 14-18 h.p. Chassis only

6-cyl. 18-22 h.p. „

DEEMSTEB. 4-cyl. 10 h.p. Two-seater ... 385

Coupe 400

Four-seater ... 440

DOUGLAS. 2-cyl. 10.5 h.p. Chassis only

Standard Body complete ...

D. F. P. 12.1 h.p. Chassis only

ENFIELD- ALLD AY. 5-cyl. 10 p.h. Two-seater

,, Four-seater

ENSIGN. 6-cyl. 38.4 h.p. Chassis only

EEIC CAMPBELL. 10 h.p. Two-seater

GLADIATOE. 4-cyl. 12-14 h.p. Four-seater Model ...
Coupe
4-cyl. 25-35 h.p. Coupe Saloon

G. W. K. 4-cyl. Two-seater

Four-seater

GUY. 8-cyl. 20 h.p

H. E. CAE. 4-cyl. 13.9 h.p. Chassis only ..:

Complete, Four-seater

HAMMOND. 4-cyl. 11-22 h.p. Two-seater

HAMPTON. 4-cyl. 9.4 h.p. Chassis only
Two-seater Model...
Four-seater ,,

Coupe Model

HILLMAN. 4-cyl. Two-seater Model

Four-seater Model
Coupe

HOESTMANN. Two-seater Complete

Four-seater ,,
Coupe
HUMBEE. 4-cyl. 10 h.p.
4-cyl. 10 h.p.
4-cyl. 10 h.p.
4-cyl. 15.9 h.p.
4-cyl. 15.9 h.p.

Two-seater Complete

Four-seater

Coupe

Five-seater

Saloon

LANCHESTEE. 40 h.p. Chassis

MAELBOEOUGH. Two-seater

MASCOTTE. Three-seater Model

Two-seater, Polished aluminium body
Coupe ...
METEOEITE. Chassis Complete "... ...

Two-seater model
Four-seater

MOEEIS-COWLEY. Two-seater

MOEEIS-OXFOED. 4-cyl. Two-seater Complete
Four-seater
Coupe
NAPIEE. 6-cyl. 40-50 h.p. Chassis only

Landaulet ... ... ... ...

Sporting Torpedo
Cabriolet

guineas

£950

1,200

1,400

£1,000

1,060

1,300

£750

£950

£475

600

£1,050

£1,500

guineas

£350

400

£675

£350

350

£1,700

£395

£785

900

1,200

£275

275

000

£550

£700

£585

£360

425

465

500

£435

495

505

£350

385

410

£480

530

£575

750

£1,010

£1,500

£550

£450

575

675

£375

450

575

£315

£380

415

475

£1,750

2,450

2,240

2,340

PALLADIUM. 2-cyl. 10 h.p. Two-seater Model
Four-seater Model
Coupe

PHOENIX. 4-cyl. 11.9 h.p. Two-seater Complete

EILEY. 4-cyl. Four-seater

Two-seater
Coup6

EOLLS-EOYCE. 6-cyl. Chassis only ...

EOVEE. 12 h.p. Two-seater model ...

Four-seater ,,

Limousine Coupe

EOVEE LIGHT CAE. 8 h.p. Two-seater

EUSTON-HOENSBY. Five-seater

S. C. A. T. 4-cyl. 15 h.p. Chassis

SINGEE. Two-seater Model

Two-seater Sporting ...
Coupe ..

SIZAIBE-BEBWICK. 4-cyl. Four-seater ...

STAFFOED. 4-cyl. Four-seater

STAND AED. 9.5 h.p. Chassis only

Two-seater
Coupe

STAB. 20.1 h.p. Four-seater, saloon top
15.9 h.p. Two-seater
Five-seater

STOEEY. 14.3 h.p. Chassis only

,, Two/Four-seater
Coupe

SUNBEAM. 16 h.p. 4-cyl. Chassis

Touring Car

Limousine ...

24 h.p. 6-cyl. Chassis

Touring

Limousine ...

TALBOT. 4-cyl. 25 h.p. Chassis only

4-cyl. 25 h.p. Five-seater
6-cyl. 30 h.p. Chassis only ...

THOE. 4-cyl. 15.5 h.p. Two-seater

,, ,, Coupe ...

UNIC. 4-cyl. 13-24 h.p. Chassis only

VAELEY- WOODS. Two-seater Model

Four-seater Model
Coupe

VAUXHALL. 25 h.p. Chassis only

30 h.p. Chassis only

VULCAN. 16 h.p. Four-seater Model

12 h.p. .Light Car, Two-seater
Four-seater ...

WAVEELY. 4-cyl. Chassis only

14 h.p. Five-seater Model
Saloon

WOLSELEY TEN. 4-cyl. Two-seater

Three-seater
Coupe
WOLSELEY FIFTEEN. 4-cyl. Touring

Saloon
WOLSELEY TWENTY. 6-cyl. Touring de luxe

Landaulet
Coupe
ZEPHYB. 4-cyl. 11.9 h.p. Chassis Complete ...

March

, 1920.

275

guineas

295

365

£425

£490

465

545

£1,850

£700

750

800

£230

£600

600

£400
400
500

£1,650

£405

£385
425
525

£885

670

690

£525

600

700

£850

1,125

1,275

1,125

1,400

1,650

£950

1,230

1,050

£400

450

£970

£540

660

760

£950

1,125

£675

500

525

£450

575

750

£500

585

600

£800

1,000

£1,150

1,400

1,450

£350

HAUL BY TRU

March, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

WHEN YOU BUY A MOTOR CAR,
BE SURE YOU JUDGE WISELY.

Every experienced Motorist knows that the continual use of a cheap
Motor Car means endless and expensive repair bills.

The Engine, the most important part of a Motor Car, receives too
little thought on the part of the average Car buyer.

Some people in Shanghai are making mistakes by judging a Motor
Car by its appearance, color of paint, instead of judging by its Motor.

The Chandler Motor has proved that it has stood the test of years.
Its enviable record of quality is due to the fact that its Engine has power
and speed and it gives no trouble.

The Chandler is the choice of the man who respects the mechanism
of his Car. Ask Chandler Owners and then judge for yourself.

Seven Passenger

Touring
Price Tls. 2200

THE SHANGHAI GARAGE CO., LTD,

Operating
THE STAR GARAGE AND THE EASTERN GARAGE.

Our Main Show Room, Star Garage 125, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

March, 1920.

MOTOR CAR
INSURANCE

THE COMPREHENSIVE POLICY

OF THE

ALLIANCE ASSURANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED
(ASSETS OVER £24,000,000)

Affords FULL COVER to Motorists,

INCLUDING—
LIABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES.—
DAMAGE TO, OR LOSS OF, CAR

(including lamp and accessories) by —

Collision or other Accident,
Fire, Lightning, Explosion or Self-Ignition,
Robbery or Theft or any attempt Thereat,
JWalicious ar)d Wilful ^\cts by any Persons.

MEDICAL & SURGICAL EXPENSES

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

Can be included in fh}e Policy by Arrangement.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY

PROMPT AND LIBERAL SETTLEMENT
OF ALL CLAIMS.

AGENTS—

JARDINE, MATEHSON & Co., Ltd.,

SHANGHAI,

AND AT

A TORN-DOWN MOTOR CAR.

Jil „ " v~

A cyclone is responsible for this dismantled machine; the
sides are battered in, the stuffings coming out, two unharmed
tires are sitting in the back seat, and the engine has completely
disappeared. Could an actual collision do more?

PNEUMATIC TIRES BEST FOR TRUCKS.

Expert Gives Fundamental Reason Why Air Cushions Are
Better than Solid Rubber,

By Ad American Tire Expert.

THE REASONS.

1. Reduces consumption of gasoline and oil.

2. Increases operating radius or miles truck will travel
per day.

Lessens truck depreciation.
Reduces repair bills.
Lessens breakage on fragile loads.
Increases driver's or passengers comfort.
Gives added traction on bad roads.

TIENTSIN, PEKING, HANKOW, TSINGTAO.

These seven fundamental reasons, as stated briefly
above, why pneumatic truck tires are the most logical
equipment of motor freighters are not based on theory alone
but the result of experiments on all types of roads and with
all sizes of cargo and passenger tracks. They all sum up to

March, 1920.

THE ORIENTAL MOTOR.

^ XHburn

UGlUi ELECTRIC

The Upkeep Counts for Nothing

When )-ou can secure the desired results with a
simple mechanism why use a complicated one ?

The streets of Shanghai offer nothing that cannot
be fully met by a simply constructed car of the
Milburn type. Traffic conditions place it on a
level with a gasoline car so far as speed is concerned
and it is superior in the point of upkeep.

The few parts in the construction reduce the
number of auto troubles and lower the cost of
repairs.

Milburn Electrics are daily adding to their friends
in Shanghai, by reason of the few demands they
make on their owners' time and attention.

Andersen, rieyer fi Co., Ltd.

SHANGHAI
7 Yuen Ming Yuen Road Telephone Central 778

Canton, Hankow, Hongkong, Peking, Tientsin and Tsinan.

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mean to the operator of the truck a lower cost per ton mile
for maintenance which after all is the object of all efficient
trucking services, either for private or public carrying.

The pioneers in the manufacture and use of the
pneumatic tire for motor trucks was the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company. Before attempting to place before the
truck owning public a pneumatic tire for such a vehicle,
■the company conducted a series of experiments using the
tires on their own factory vehicles. The first tires used were
of fabric construction and were proven to he unfit for such
work, but from these was evolved the present successful cord
pneumatic truck tire.

Following the lead of the Goodyear experiments truck
manufacturers began to investigate the possibilities of
.pneumatic tires. This led a number of the most widely
known manufacturers of the United States to build the
present day special models equipped with pneumatic tires
exclusively. The latest development in the truck field of
America for the year of 1920 is the offering of pneumatics
as an optional equipment. These makers although not
entirely abandoning the hard tire have come to realize the
.public demand for pneumatic saving and efficiency.

An illustration of the possibilities of the making of
trucks with this equipment may be pointed out by the fact
that in the past a motor freighter with a capacity of three

torn! weighed ten to twelve thousand pounds. Tbis
enormous weight in construction was made necessary in
order that the truck might withstand the vibration created
by the use of hard tires.

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, as an
example of what may be done, is; now operating a three-ton
truck with a five ton body and has had several experimental
five-ton trucks manufactured where the weight of the truck
will not exceed the pay load, all equipped with pneumatic
truck tires. These trucks are giving more than satisfactory
service both in city and cross-country hauling.

The conclusion which may be arrived at by the above
mentioned experiments, developments and reasons is that
this all means that the progressive truck operator and dealer
should investigate the advantages of pneumatic truck tires
before specifying the tire equipment in ordering new vehicles.

The exports of motor cars and accessories from the
United States during last November totalled $14,965,539,
a gain of approximately $7,000,000 over the same month
of the year previous but a loss of approximately $200,000
as compared with October. The total number exported in
November was 9,395, of which 7,683 were passenger cars
and 1.712 trucks. The United Kingdom led as a market.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR

March, 1920.

THE

FAMOUS

NASH
SIX

FIVE
MODELS

Coupe,

with windows lowered an open car with
permanent top, four passenger capacity.

Sedan,

Two Passenger Roadster.

Four Passenger Sport Model,

with wire wheels.
Seven Passenger Touring Car,

with two disappearing auxilliary seats in windows lowered for pleasant weather

tonneau. driving seven passenger capacity.

Sole Agents for China
WAH OHAWG TRADING OORP.

9 Ningpo Road, Shanghai.
'Phone C. 4461 Tel. Ad. 7006

cTc

1 920 MAY SEE NEW SPEED RECORDS.

Fanoe Island, Denmark, to Come into Prominence as a Race Course,

There are indications that many of the old motor speed
records, which have been undisturbed since the war, will
be seriously threatened during the year 1920. Although
France and England have decided not to hold any official
races until 1921, leaving the sporting" program in the hands
of Italy and America, manufacturers are not unmindful of
the value of speed contests or demonstrations, and many
of them are making preparations.

In order to attain the highest possible speed, a special
course must be provided. Both the road and the track are
generally unsuitable when it is desired to attain the maxi-
mum speed over a minimum distance, America is fort unto
in having the beach at Daytonia, Florida, where the speed
records have always been established in the past. In
France the roads have been made use of, but owing to their
deterioration since the war, and the great increase in the
maximum speed, these are no longer suitable.

During the past year the beach at Fanoe Island, Den-
mark, has been revealed as an excellent place for speed
trials. One meeting was held here during the late summer,
when the Grand Prix Fiat, driven by Minoia, made the
best showing. Beating all competitors, this car attained
a maximum speed of 105 1/2 miles an hour average for 5

kilometers. This, however, must not be looked upon as the.
highest speed obtainable ; the Fiat could have done better
if it had been possible to wait for the ideal conditions

; Minoia, Italian Speed King, with Grand Prix Fiat on the Beach at
Fanoe Island, DemmarJt.

obtainable with a perfectly smooth sxirface and an entire,
absence of wind. The run was made under competitive-
conditions and was a fine performance under th&
circumstances.

March, 1920.

THE OEIENTAL MOTOP,

Guaranteed
5,000 Miles

"MICHELIN UNIVERSAL"

Resilient and ECONOMICAL. Improves the appearance and running of your car.

A large shipment just arrived ex. French Mail. 935 by 135,
835 by 135, 920 by 120, 880 by 120, 850 by 120, 820
by 120, 37 by 5, 34 by 4 and all other sizes including Fords.

The owner of a Ford Car should have a set fitted and forget that his car
runs on rubber tyres. They seem to last indefinitely.

THE AUTO PALACE Co., Sole Agents.

362 Ave. Joffre, SHANGHAI. Tel. W. 465

You know that our advice has never failed you.

The value of this beach for speed contests' has not been
overlooked and it is more than probable that it will be used
.during the present year for attempts against existing records.
If rumors1 are reliable, special freak cars are now under
construction and will be seen during the year on the beach
at J/anoe Island. One of the records to be attacked will be
that established by Duray, at Ostend in November 1913, on
a special Fiat. This car, which was the property of a
Pussian Prince,. was the most powerful racing machine in
the world before the war.. It had a 300 h.p. engine and
had attained a speed of 142.9 miles an hour for the flying
kilometre.

The French airman, Lecointe, reputed to have been
the first to guide an airplane over a three-mile course in one
minute's time, has now been chosen to pilot, on its trial
trip, the world's largest plane. Unfortunately a detailed
description of the big craft cannot be secured from the
manufacturers at this time. It is divulged, however, that
the wing span is 175 ft., which exceeds by 49 ft. the mea-
sure of the famous Hanclley Page four-engine bombers.
Despite its size, the ship is expected to attain a speed of 120
miles an hour.

Chicago Show Brings Total Shortage Up.

(Continued from Page 10).

in all directions. The cross-member construction is most
unusual. The rear of the engine, for example, is mounted
on a cross-member of channel section, which is bracketed
to the lower edge of the frame, but extended outward on
either side to form the forward running board support.
The frame, tapering to the front, the body and hood lines
are carried out in harmony with it, thus affording an
exceedingly wide board, which tapers slightly toward the
rear. Another frame feature of merit is the intermediate
cross member, which is so contrived as to serve the
purpose of a battery box.

Advantages inherent to a one-chassis program have been
adopted for the new Allen line, on which are mounted
touring, roadster and sedan bodies, respectively. The line
is new, in the mode and decidedly attractive. The power
plant has been undergoing development during the past
two years, while in addition to the attractive body designs,
which are entirely new at this time, there have been mads
numerous changes all the way through.

'68 THE ORIENTAL MOTOE. March, 1920.

NORTH BRITISH MEASURING gas in sight.

AND

MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.

Star Garage Installs First Visible Pump in Shanghai.

MOTOR CAR INSURANCE

MODERATE RATES

AND

COMPREHENSIVE CONDITIONS

INCLUDING

UNLIMITED THIRD PARTY LIABILITY.

AGENTS :—

E. D. SASSOON & Co., 9 Jinkee Road

MANAGER :

E. E. PARSONS, 12 Hankow Road

SHANGHAI.

E Co.

N. 2938— Telephones— N. 2959
I. 13 North Soochow Road, Shanghai

MOTOR CAR & MOTOR CYCLE
Repairing & Overhauling

All kinds oS Rubber Goods

GOODRICH TIRES

Show Room: 137 Chapoo Road.

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The first visible gasoline pump, where the fuel is-
measured as it flows out in view of the purchaser, to be
installed in Shanghai has recently been erected at the Star
Garage on Bubbling Well Road.

The pump is electrically operated and controlled. A
vacuum pump creates the suction necessary to bring the-
gasoline from the ground tank into the measuring tubes. A
glass container at the top of the pump holds the fuel until
a sufficient qusntity has been drawn and is also equipped to-
permit the gasoline remaining to flow back into the storage-
tank.

The outfit is one which has found wide popularity in
the United States with the chain! gasoline filling station-
system operators.

March, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOE.

Ji9

THE

ELL KMOW

AYMES CARS

5 and 7 Passenger Touring and Roadster Models

We always have a good stock of Used Cars — best makes only. We also have for immediate
delivery a number of Motor Trucks in various capacities ranging from 1% to 31 Tons.

Phone C 402

C £kST L E 228 Avenue Jeff re

DUNLOP ANNOUNCES AMERICAN PLANT. SHANGHAI HAS MOTOR WORKERS' UNION

Huge Factory in New York State, Including Cotton
Fabricating Mills to Cost $25,000,000.

Walking Delegates Attempt to Institute Strikes at Various
Garages,

Entrance into the motor tire manufacturing field of the
United States on a gigantic scale has been announced in
that country by the Dunlop Tire Company of Great Britain.
The announcement states that a huge plant, which will in-
clude cotton fabricating mills for the manufacture of cord
fabric, will be constructed at Buffalo, New York, at a cost of
approximately $25,000,000. The new company, which has
been incorporated under the name of the Dunlop America
Limited, will take over all of the rights of the original
American Dunlop Tire Company and will have an influential
American element on its board.

The announcement comes as one of three striking
developments in the relations of Anglo-American manu-
facturers, the Bolls-Royce having recently located a plant
at Springfield, Massachuestts, and the Willys-Overland Cor-
poration having combined with the Crossley interests for the
manufacture of motor cars in England.

The American Dunlop Tire Company, founded by the
original company to exploit the pneumatic tire in the United
States,- manufactured Dunlop tires there for a number of

The spread of Western motoring ideas and motor cars
to China has been followed by a spread also of Western
labor ideas as was shown in a recent case in the Shanghai
Mixed Court brought by the Shanghai Horse Bazar and
Motor Company, Ltd., and the H. S. Honigsberg Company
against three Chinese workmen charging them with inciting
strikes and also with the purloining of tools in cider to cripple
operations.

The organization for the most part, according to the
evidence introduced, was spread among the painters and
coachworkers. Modern methods, including coercion and
threats, the attorneys declared, were used by the walking
delegates to such an extent that in one garage despite the
efforts of the manager to come to a settlement only 200 out
of a staff of 500 were at work.

The case was remanded for the British Assessor and bail
of $100 was allowed for the defendants.

years, and was mer6ed in a large consolidation after the
parenc company had sold its interest in it over twenty years

THE OEIENTAL MOTOE.

March, 1920.

BOYCE

Mojo MU1E

WILL SIGNAL YOU

When you are obtaining the
best gasoline efficiency.

When your motor is cold and
inefficient.

When you must stop your
car for cylinders and beaiings
overheating.

When you should cover your
Radiator to prevent freezing.

In cold weather it will also
show you when the motor is
wasting from 30% to 40% of gasoline, and how much to cover your
Rada tor to prevent this waste.

All Models in Stock

iStandard, Universal, Junior, Midget, Ford and Overland Models.

/THE MOTOR HEAT] INDICATOR]

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Save your Gasoline

Low in Price

Avoid Over-heating

Save your Engine

High in Efficiency

YOUR CAR DESERVES ONE

Inexpensive to buy. Easy to install.

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P. 346 Nanking Road, SHANGHAI, Phone G. 1518.

INSURANCE

Fire, Marine, Life,

Accident and Sickness.

Fidelity Guarantee

AND

MOTOR CARS

Commercial Union
Assurance Company, Ltd,

Total funds exceed £52

China Branch Office ;

UNION BUILDING

4, The Bund, Shanghai.

ESSEX GOES MILE A MINUTE.

Stock Models Hit Fast Clip in Recent Tests at
Cincinnati.

A series of tests on the Essex car, calculated to
demonstrate its durability and performance, have recently
been completed on the Cincinnati Speedway by the Essex
Motors. The tests were run to conclusion in spite of two
interruptions due to inclement weather conditions, during
the period from December 4 to December 12. The actual
time spent in making the tests, including necessary stops,
was 93 hours, during which a distance of 5,870 miles was
run.

The test were run under the sanction of the A. A. A.
and the car was continually under observation by the
A. A. A. officials. The car- was certified by technical
observers to be stock in every particular and timing of the
trials was accomplished by the electrical timing instruments,
checked by stop-watch observation.

As these figures have never been exceeded for cars in
this displacement class, according to Essex officials,
application for records will be filed with the A. A. A. The
Essex engine has a displacement of 179 cu. in., being a four-
cylinder type with 3f by 5 in. cylinder dimensions. The
car had the standard gear ratio of 3-J to I and was fitted
with 32 by 4 in. Goodyear cords, inflated to 70 lb. pressure.
The front tires covered the entire distance of 5,870 miles,
and but two changes were made on the rear, these being
due to punctures from track splinters and not on account of
wear.

The equipment of the car includes A-C spark plugs,
Delco ignition, starting and bghting, Sparton vacuum fuel
feed, Bpicer universals, Hyatt bearings for the gfearset,
Gemmer steering gear, Timken bearings for wheels and
axles, Harrison radiator, Boyce motometer, and Houck wire
wheels. The dash, cowl and instrument board were left in
place, but the windshield glass was removed in accordance
with A. A. A. rules for stock car tests. The top and body
deck were also removed, but no change was made in the
contour of the car to affect the entrance line in any way.
The car had a 12 gal. gasoline tank which necessitated a stop
at about every 136 miles.

The last 50 hours included a 2 hour stop during which
it was necessary to change a cylinder block which had
cracked through water freezing in the bottom of the jacket,
during the interval between the December 8 and December
10 tests. The crack developed during the first part of the
50 hour run causing irregular performance which made it;
advisable to change the cylinder block. The 2 hourn
required for this change is included in the 50 hour run, but
not in the 36 hour. This accounts for the 4 m. p. b.
difference in average speed. It was necessary to change two
plugs in No. 1 cylinder. These plug changes being
necessitated by the misfiring due to the cracked cylinder
block.

IViAllCH, 1920.

THE OMENTAL MOTOR.

IF YOU WANT REAL BATTERY SERVICE SEND YOUR CAR TO US.

THE CHINA GARAGE Co.

21 FOOCHOW ROAD.

SHANGHAI.

TEL. C. 2403.

Essex Radiator Showing

Radial Plate Shutter

Construction.

Inspection of the car after the run showed inappreciable
wear in the cylinder bore and on the pistons, but disclosed
the fact that present-day valve material has not as good heat
resisting qualities as previous products have been when it
was possible to secure a higher tungsten content. Thiss
fact excited a great amount of interest among the Essex
and Hudson engineers who were present at the test, The
test was held as much for the purpose of demonstrating the
staying qualities of the car, as to furnish a means of technical
observation for the Essex engineering staff.

The average temperature was about 30 deg. Eahr.,
necessitating the use of the shutter equipment, which proved
to be valuable in properly regulating the circulating water
temperature. The minimum temperature on the track was
18 deg. Fahr. The observers were Fred Wagner, F. E.
Edwards, R, A. Leavell and J. Edward Schipper.

ESSEX TESTS.

Date.
Dec.

Distance.
Miles.

Time.

Av.
m.p.h.

69.255